US EditionIran's Revolutionary Guards take wartime lead, ensuring harder line: Report
The Revolutionary Guards have decentralized command to maintain resilience after losing senior leaders, controlling internal security and external attacks, sources say.
- Reuters reported Iran's Revolutionary Guards tightened their grip on wartime decision-making, driving Tehran's drone-and-missile campaign despite losing Mohammad Pakpour.
- Decentralisation — a doctrine developed after 2003 — has guided the Guards for nearly 20 years, with authority delegated far down ranks before Saturday's U.S.-Israeli attack.
- The Guard runs a large economic empire including Khatam al-Anbia and firms building roads, managing ports and telecoms, while the Quds Force supports proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas and the Basij enforces internal repression.
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While the strikes have affected the regime's strategic sites, the Revolutionary Guards are still present on the streets of Tehran. How do we know what the 90 million Iranians really think? It is estimated that before the war, at most 20%, were supporting the Islamic dictatorship. Since Saturday, the Internet has been cut off, as well as telephone links. We have managed to gather some rare testimonies inside the country. (International).
Iran's Revolutionary Guards take wartime lead, ensuring harder line, sources say
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on wartime decision‑making despite the loss of top commanders, senior sources say, driving a hardline strategy that is propelling Tehran's drone‑and‑missile campaign across the region.
What to know about Iran's Revolutionary Guard, a powerful force within the country's theocracy
The force is again in the spotlight as Iran widens its attacks across the Middle East following the start of a U.S.-Israeli airstrike campaign that's already killed the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Revolutionary Guards Take Wartime Helm, Pushing Iran Toward Harder Line
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have increased their influence in wartime decisions despite the loss of key commanders. This shift has led to a more aggressive strategy, particularly in their drone and missile operations throughout the region. Anticipating potential leadership losses, the Guards had decentralized their command structure before the recent U. S.-Israeli strikes, allowing mid-ranking officers […] The post Revolutionary Guards Take Wart…
The Revolutionary Guards are fighting for the survival of the system – they were once founded for this purpose. They have long been a state in the state – and willing executors of the ideology of the Supreme Leader of Religion.
The Iranian regime's vanguard has prepared for war in advance, delegating authority to lower ranks so that they can function independently even if their commanders are eliminated. The force is also taking an aggressive approach, launching missiles and drones into countries in the region without discrimination. At the same time, it is preparing to suppress any internal uprising.
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