{"id":306286,"date":"2023-04-22T10:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=306286"},"modified":"2023-05-03T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:00:36","slug":"irans-armed-forces-and-irgc-beacons-of-hope-or-global-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-armed-forces-and-irgc-beacons-of-hope-or-global-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Armed Forces and IRGC: Beacons of Hope or Global Threats?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On April 18, the Iranian regime\u2019s president, Ebrahim Raisi, spoke at a military parade during the so-called \u201cArmy Day.\u201d In his litany of lies, Raisi praised the regime\u2019s armed forces, which are notorious domestically for their terrorist activities. Be it the crackdown on the civilian population and protests, arresting dissidents, torturing or executing them, dispatching forces to foreign countries, and running militia networks around the Middle East, the clerical regime uses everyone that serves its flag.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe coordination and brotherhood between the IRGC and army are exemplary. Iran\u2019s armed forces have many capabilities. Our armed forces are the beacon of hope for the oppressed around the globe,\u201d Raisi claimed, <\/span>according<\/span><\/a> to the state-run Eghtesad News on Tuesday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From Tehran to Baghdad and to Damascus, the destruction and bloodbath created by the regime\u2019s armed forces, mainly the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and its Quds Force, is appalling.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gunning down over 1,500 protesters in November 2019<\/a> in Iran, killing hundreds of thousands of Syrians and displacing millions of others, instigating a sectarian war in Iraq, and engaging in terrorism in Lebanon and Yemen are but a glimpse of how the regime\u2019s armed forces have wreaked havoc across the region. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, Raisi blatantly claimed, \u201cThe presence of our armed forces creates security and stability for the region. The message of this presence and the army day is peace and friendship for the countries in the region. Our armed forces will always ensure your security, well-being, and peaceful lives.\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is worth noting that since the 1979 anti-monarchial revolution, commanders of the regime\u2019s army are high-ranking IRGC officials and the army not only logistically supports the IRGC and its Quds force, but it has operated under the Quds Force command in places such as Syria.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 18, 2020, Abdolali Poushashp, a high-ranking Army officer, told <\/span>the state-run Mashreqnews<\/span><\/a> that \u201cthe army operated in Syria under the Quds Force command.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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