Israeli strikes have greatly affected Iran. They took place on the night of Thursday, 12 to Friday, June 13. Many deaths are to be challenged, such as that of the commander -in -chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps.
Revolutionary Guardian
After thirty-eight years of reign, the beginning of 1979 was marked in Iran by Shah’s exile, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. This takes place following the Iranian Revolution, also called Islamic Revolution. This 1979 revolution transformed Iran into an Islamic Republic.
To protect the Islamic regime newly established by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Body of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolutionary (CGRI) is officially founded. Ayatollah Khomeini is one of the leaders of the religious opposition Who proclaims that the reign of Shah is a tyranny. It will become The first supreme guide of the Islamic Republic.
The impact of the Revolutionary Guardians
Unlike the regular army that exists in Iran, The guards of the revolution have the main mission of preventing the threats of all opponents in the country and even outside the power of the supreme guidetoday Ali Khamenei. Initially military, their power has gradually extended to other branches of the country as in the telecommunications sectors, the oil sector, the food industry and that of the pharmaceutical industry.
For a very long time, they distinguished themselves within Iran by their autonomy and a mode of recruitment promoting loyalty and safety.
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The context around war
In September 1980, The guards of the revolution experience a major craze and enlarge their troops. They were quickly mobilized as a military force in the face of the Iraqi invasion. The classical army of Iran has a weakening and is suspected of loyalty to the old regime of Muhammad Reza Pahlavi.
Coming from popular strata, ideological volunteers as well as very young men who are little formed militarily were engaged by the CGRI. The war techniques used by the guards of the revolution are guerrilla techniques. These are unconventional war tactics. This group helped repel the Iraqi invasion, especially in mountainous areas.
A prolonged inheritance
The popularity rating of this group will remain very strong and important in particular between 2005 and 2013. Revolutionary guards are the largest economic influence group in Iran. They control many ports and airports as well as certain corridors of goods. Companies in the building, shipbuilding and telecommunications sector belong to them.
In 2018, the corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Str Classé as terrorist organization by Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. In 2019, it was the United States that registered the organization on its organizational list considered terrorists. The European Union recognizes the body of guards as a terrorist organization. Canada will do the same in June 2024.
Operation Rising Lion
Since 2019, Hossein Salami was the commander -in -chief of the corps of the Islamic Revolutionary goalkeepers. Salami is notably popular for his fiery and aggressive speeches against the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Hossein Salami was an essential pillar of the diet.
Iranian press agencies Mehr and Tasnim reported the death of Hossein Salami as well as that of Mohammed Bagheri, the Iranian chief of staff. Israel launched theOperation Rising Lion Against Iran on the night of June 12 to 13. More than 200 strikes against Iranian military and nuclear sites were orchestrated.
Iran has warned it to have “legal and legitimate” to respond.
