Tag: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Who’s the Boss?

Expert: Iran’s military has trumped its religious apparatus

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IRGC forces in 2007

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “has become a hostage” of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite branch of Iran’s army that has quietly consolidated its economic and political power, a top Iran analyst said Tuesday.

Making Mullah Mobiles

Bailed-out GM owns stake in French car company with ties to Iran

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Tehran, Iran / AP

A French car manufacturer that is partially owned by the taxpayer-funded General Motors Company (GM) claims to have ceased its longtime business dealings with Iran, though experts have cast doubts on this claim.