Whatever happens in the near future, Ali Khamenei’s legacy within and outside Iran is a house of cards. America would be wise ...
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 ...
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and Basij paramilitary force, as they hold posters of Ayatollah Khomeini and ...
However, this would require a decision from Revolutionary Leader Khamenei ... in Iran and has its own ground, air and naval ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Analysts say Basij volunteers may number in the millions, with one million active members. Five security forces ... on Iran’s embassy in Damascus Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei vows ...
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 ...