Iran’s They are also known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Since its origin as an ideologically driven militia, the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution has taken an ever more assertive role in virtually every aspect of Iranian society. Its expanded social, political, military, and economic role under president Ahmadinejad’s administration — especially during the 2009 presidential election and post-election suppression of protest — has led many analysts to argue that its political power has surpassed even that of the Shiite clerical system
Home / Questions / More current affairs than history. ‘The Pasdaran’ is the informal name of a prominent branch of which country’s military?