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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Quick Facts

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Also Known As IRGC ā€¢ Pasdaran ā€¢ Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi ā€¢ Sepah
Date 1979 - present
Related People Ali Khamenei ā€¢ Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ā€¢ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ā€¢ Mojtaba Khamenei ā€¢ Qassem Soleimani

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