Iran’s IRGC Takes over Real Power From the Supreme Leader

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Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appears to have ceded decisive power to his friends in the Revolutionary Guard, whose ideology is less religious than the Ayatollah's, but just as strong in its hatred of the United States.

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Since the death of Ali Khamenei, a circle of high ranks of the Revolutionary Guardians, some of whom knew each other during the Iran-Iraq war, has held the reins of the Iranian regime. Close to them, the new supreme guide, seriously wounded and dependent on their support, has left their hands on the war as on the negotiations, relegating moderate and ultras in the background, says The New York Times.