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 is still superseded by that of Khamenei, with whom the IRGC shares ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the head of state of Iran and commander in chief of its armed forces. After Israel ... emergence of factional blocs like the Basij-style militias, and marginal groups ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” after Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel last week.

but Khamenei claimed victory and tried to give it a patriotic color. “What matters most,” he said, “is the emergence of the will of the Iranian nation and Iran’s military forces in an ...

ON October 2 the Tudeh Party of Iran (TPI ... directly by Khamenei. Also important to note is that during the past two decades we have seen a significant rise in the profile and power of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

April 13 (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary ... a counterweight to the regular armed forces. It answers to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The IRGC has an estimated 125,000-strong ...

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 ...

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.