Iran: From clerical rule to military capture
Key takeaways
- The Iran war and the country's change of leadership are reshaping Iran's power structure.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — a force originally established in 1979 to protect the Islamic revolution — has morphed from a military faction into a vast economic and political empire.
- The transformation has been decades in the making — but the Iran war has dramatically accelerated it.
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The Iran war and the country's change of leadership are reshaping Iran's power structure. Analysts say the Revolutionary Guard is emerging as the dominant force, weakening the system's clerical foundations.
https://p.dw.com/p/5FDg KImage: Morteza Nikoubazl/Nur Photo/picture alliance Advertisement Iran analysts are debating whether the Islamic Republic is on the verge of a historic transition — from a theocratic system to one in which the military holds real power.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — a force originally established in 1979 to protect the Islamic revolution — has morphed from a military faction into a vast economic and political empire.