The IRGC was created because the revolutionary leadership distrusted the regular army's loyalty to the Shah and wanted a separate armed force loyal to the revolution.
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1979 Revolution
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"Okay? And then the question then is, okay, alright, so Moshtaba Khamenei benefits, but who would benefit from having him as Ayatollah? And the..."
"Okay? And what they do is actually very different. They are different from the military. The military has an obligation to protect the nation...."
"...major geopolitical rivals. They've been rivals ever since the 1960s. The 1979 revolution, they have different branches of Islam. You know, Iran is Shia..."
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