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Guest says Iran’s IRGC is so embedded that regime change would require dismantling it
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""But, the problem is the IRGC is so embedded into the government, into its economic structures, that in order to for it the regime to fall, you have to eliminate the IRGC.""
Discussing Iran, the unnamed guest argues that many Iranians favour regime change but that it would be difficult because the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is deeply embedded in government and the economy. The guest estimates the IRGC at about 160,000 members, cites reports putting the Basij militia “up to like 600,000”, and says Iran effectively runs parallel IRGC and Artesh forces, with IRGC loyalists placed within Artesh command structures.
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- Unnamed guest · guest
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- Mike Drop
- Episode
- Task Force Orange Operator Reveals the Real Cost of Serving in Tier 1
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- 21:47
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