Hard-Line Force Extends Grip Over a Splintered Iran
New York Times / Nazila Fathi/Michael Slackman
21-Jul-2009 (one comment)

As Iran’s political elite and clerical establishment splinter over the election crisis, the nation’s most powerful economic, social and political institution — the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — has emerged as a driving force behind efforts to crush a still-defiant opposition movement. From its origin 30 years ago as an ideologically driven militia force serving Islamic revolutionary leaders, the corps has grown to assume an increasingly assertive role in virtually every aspect of Iranian society. And its aggressive drive to silence dissenting views has led many political analysts to describe the events surrounding the June 12 presidential election as a military coup.“It is not a theocracy anymore,” said Rasool Nafisi, an expert in Iranian affairs and a co-author of an exhaustive study of the corps for the RAND Corporation. ... >>>

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fozolie

this is very good article

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It explains the split(s) in the ranks of Mollafia and the danger Iranians in Iran sensed.

Mr. Fozolie