Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
military organization to protect the political system of the Islamic Republic in Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) (Persian: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Sepâh-e Pâsdârân-e Enghelâb-e Eslâmi, lit. 'Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution' or Sepâh for short) is a military branch of the Iranian government Armed Forces. It was founded after the Iranian Revolution on April 22, 1979[1] by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.[2]
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