Iran’s Military Elite Emerges From War Bruised and Emboldened
The 12 day conflict in June was the most damaging in the IRGC’s history, yet the organization is now more critical to the survival of the Islamic Republic.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members at a memorial in Tehran on July 2.
Photographer: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images
On a quiet corner of Tehran’s mostly residential eastern suburbs, dozens of administrative staff busily file paperwork. Tea is brought in by an assistant, while young men on military service are ordered to fetch lunch.
It’s a mundane picture of office life in a city of 10 million people. There’s little to suggest it’s part of an organization that’s had a profound influence on security in the Middle East for almost half a century and has often posed a direct challenge to the US and its allies.
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