Israel launched an attack against Tehran on Friday, 19 April, on the 85th birthday of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
This month’s unprecedented direct attacks between Iran and Israel are revealing deeper insights into both militaries. Experts ...
Whatever happens in the near future, Ali Khamenei’s legacy within and outside Iran is a house of cards. America would be wise ...
FILE - Iranian worshippers walk past a mural showing the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and Basij paramilitary force ...
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was formed to defend the regime from internal dissent and balance the power of the formerly royalist armed forces ... Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and Basij paramilitary force, as they hold posters of Ayatollah Khomeini and Iranian and Palestinian flags in an anti-Israeli gathering after Friday ...
Iran has launched ... police. Ali Khamenei also administers the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), which is in charge of internal security, and its volunteer branch, the Basij Resistance ...
ground forces based across Iran’s 31 provinces and Tehran, which number more than 150,000 troops; the Basij paramilitary ... is still superseded by that of Khamenei, with whom the IRGC shares ...
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards ... and provide a counterweight to the regular armed forces. It answers to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The IRGC has an estimated 125,000-strong ...
The IRGC was introduced to provide extra protection for the new regime and to act as a counterweight to the regular armed forces. It answers to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards ... and provide a counterweight to the regular armed forces. It answers to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The IRGC has an estimated 125,000-strong ...