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A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) participates in a military exercise aimed at 'increasing combat capabilities' in Tehran province on 12 May 2026. Getty Images

The Guards are dissolving from within, and they know it

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is Iran's dominant force militarily, politically, and economically, but there is growing pressure for its armed wing to merge with the Iranian armed forces

Maneli Mirkhan 10 July 2026
A woman walks through Tajrish bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Confusion over the status of Iran’s religious police grew as state media cast doubt on reports the force had been shut down. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Confusion Over Iran’s Religious Police As Women Drop Hijab

Confusion over the status of Iran’s religious police grew as state media cast doubt on reports the force had been shut down. Despite the uncertainty, it has appeared for weeks that enforcement of the…

AP 05 December 2022
Men hold up signs depicting the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities, during a demonstration denouncing her death by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds outside the UN offices in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 24, 2022. (AFP)

Iran’s Protests: A Never-Ending Outrage

The Iranian protests which have entered their third month are demonstrating the perseverance and bravery of the people from all classes and regions who united to rise up against the regime…

Firoozeh Nordstrom 02 December 2022
FILE - In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 26, 2022. The niece of Iran's supreme leader is calling for people to pressure their governments to cut ties with Tehran. Farideh Moradkhani, whose uncle is Ali Khamenei, issued the call in a video statement circulated after her Nov. 23 arrest, reported by the U.S.-based rights monitor HRANA. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iranian General Acknowledges Over 300 Dead in Unrest

An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That…

AP 28 November 2022
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