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	Iran: Defending The Islamic Revolution -- The Corps Of The Matter - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The IRGC is thus on the verge of being transformed from a junior player in the country's military defense, to a key factor in the country's military and security doctrine -- a rise that could come at the army's expense.
		Among the tasks carried out by the corps were the monitoring of citizens' activities, enforcement of the dress code, and the seizure of material not favored by the regime.
		Following the 1999 student riots, some hard-line elements of the IRGC warned Khatami that his reforms were endangering the revolutionary order and that the IRGC could not stand by and watch as the fruits of the revolution were destroyed.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/08/dfead359-312f-4497-8686-559b29a226a6.html (1484 words)

	SPC: IRGC use Universities for Research to Build Bomb - 3-20-06
		At present, IRGC Brigadier General Ahmadian, who is also Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the IRGC, is the commander of Imam Hossein University.
		The former commander of the Imam Hossein University is IRGC Brigadier General Ahmad Fazaeli, who held this position for six years and is currently appointed as an advisor to the Commander-In-Chief of the IRGC.
		A free and democratic Iran is the prerequisite and the guarantee for a peaceful and tranquil Middle East region.
	www.iranwatch.org /privateviews/SPC/perspex-spc-jafarzadeh-universities-032006.htm (2161 words)

	Islamic fundamentalism, as propagated by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and currently by his heirs, imperils the ...
		A special section within the Revolutionary Guards Corps was assigned the task of overseeing scientific research and of securing nuclear technology for military use.
		Subsequently, a meeting was held in early 1990 between Rafsanjani, Mohsen Rezaii, the Guards Corps commander in chief, and other senior officials involved in the nuclear project, to assess the progress and prospects of Iran's nuclear program.
		Revolutionary Guards Corps Brigadier General Vahid Dastjerdi, the commander of logistics for the Ministry of Defense, and Brigadier General Bake Muhammad-Doust, in charge of the ministry's industrial purchasing, were members of the delegation headed by the Defense Minister Ali Akbar Torkan.
	islamic-fundamentalism.info /chXII.htm (3794 words)

	Islamic fundamentalism, as propagated by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and currently by his heirs, imperils the ...
		The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps established its military presence in Lebanon in 1982, and the large local Shi'ite community provided the mullahs with a formidable background within which to operate.
		The Guards Corps contingent in Sudan was reported in May 1992 to be commanded by Husseinzadeh, a colonel in the Revolutionary Guards Corps.
		The true revenge is to remove the colossal and precious wealth belonging to the Islamic world which lies under the soil of the Arabian Peninsula from the control of criminals, the agents of colonialism.
	islamic-fundamentalism.info /chVIII.htm (4934 words)

	Ardeshir Dolat: On The USA labelling Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as Terrorists
		From the backbone of it which also includes the brothers, cousins, uncles of IRGC who reside in the West and its affiliates which form the political and economic aspect to the actual armed forces are all terrorist and should be labeled so.
		By calling only parts of the IRGC you are fighting in Lebonan, Iraq and Afghanistan, as terrorists, you leave the backbone to carry on and continue to supply and support their armed forces you are already at war with.
		Mullahs or the Islamic regime NOT Iranians, stupid...
	ardeshird.blogspot.com /2007/08/on-usa-labelling-islamic-revolutionary.html (866 words)

	Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps information - Search.com
		Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Persian: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی - Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami), often shortened to Revolutionary Guards, or called by its Persian name Sepah (meaning army) or Pasdaran, is a military organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
		The present Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi who was preceded by Mohsen Rezaee.
		Iran's current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a member of the Revolutionary Guard during the 1980-88 war (the Iran-Iraq war).
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guards_Corps (251 words)

	AEI - Short Publications
		Yahya Rahim Safavi, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, the radical clergy's indispensable guarantors of the religious order, who in great part shaped the manhood and ethics of Ahmadinejad, put it well when he said: "The geographic heart of the Islamic world is in Mecca and Medina.
		This is one reason the early revolutionary reflex to label all Iranians and foreigners who opposed any aspect of clerical rule "criminals against God" or "enemies of Islam" came back with vigor in the late 1990s, when reformist pressure, partly unleashed by the presidential election of 1997, threatened the regime.
		The idea that the Revolutionary Guards Corps or the Iranian intelligence ministry--both of which have proven themselves overseas to be faithful and lethal servants of the clerical regime--is delivering weaponry to groups in Iraq without the approval of Iran's leadership just isn't believable.
	www.aei.org /publications/filter.all,pubID.25748/pub_detail.asp (3628 words)

	American Thinker: Iran's Revolutionary Guards ARE the Regime
		The IRGC was formed in the early days of the Iranian Revolution specifically to guard and preserve the Revolution at home and export it abroad; the national armed forces were assigned the defense of the country's borders and sovereignty, but the IRGC was to ensure the survival of the Revolution itself.
		Another IRGC commander, Brigadier General Muhammad-Ja'afar Sahraroudi, was the field commander assigned to the 1989 assassination of Kurdish Democratic Party leader, Abdul-Rahman Qassemlou, in Vienna, Austria.
		The IRGC Qods Force was the principal sponsor of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and continues to provide the same kind of support to Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shi'ite rabble rouser.
	www.americanthinker.com /2007/02/irans_revolutionary_guards_are.html (1186 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Persian: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی - Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami), often shortened to Revolutionary Guards, or called by its Persian (Farsi) name Sepah (meaning army) or Pasdaran (meaning "guardians"), is a military organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
		The IRGC was formed in May, 1979, as a force loyal to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, but later became a full military force alongside the army in the Iran-Iraq War.
		The IRGC in Lebanon were later incorperated in the Islamic Resistance, and were known as the Jihad terror movement.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=islamic_%52evolutionary_%47uards_%43orps (546 words)

	IRGC forces - AIM Forums
		During the Lebanese civil war the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps sent around 2000 to train guerrillas in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon (1982).
		The Islamic Revolutionary Guard are the backbone of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and their efforts during the Iran-Iraq war will never be forgotten.
		To go to Iran and see the beautiful paintings of the Martyrs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard painted on the side of buildings brings tears to ones eyes, as these brave souls willingly sacrificed their own lives for their friends, their country, and for Islam.
	www.aimislam.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1366 (605 words)

	Fars News Agency :: <?php echo($tt); ?> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) called his ranking commanders for a meeting to examine the possible causes leading to the crash of an Antonov-74 at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport Monday morning.
		IRGC commanders are now briefing Major General Seyed Yahya Rahim Safavi about the crash.
		The passengers on board the aircraft were mainly the family members of the Islamic revolutionary guards corps members.
	english.farsnews.com /printable.php?nn=8509060527 (161 words)

	Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
		It was formed in May, 1979, as a force loyal to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, but later became a full military force along the army in the Iran-Iraq War.
		The present Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is General Rahim Safavi who was preceeded by Mohsen Rezaee.
		Iran's current hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a member of the Revolutionary Guard.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/is/Islamic%20Revolutionary%20Guards%20Corps.htm (122 words)

	The Democratic Party \| Community Blogs \| Let Freedom Ring: The Danger of Islamic Revolutionaries Infesting the Middle ...
		The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is a military organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
		The Islamic Revolutionaries infesting the Middle East and expanding across the globe are a military force that has declared war on all non-believers.
		Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Persian: - Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami), often shortened to Revolutionary Guards, or called by its Persian (Farsi) name Sepah (meaning army) or Pasdaran (meaning "guardians"), is a military organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
	www.democrats.org /page/community/post_group/DemocraticPartyNationalSecurityIssues/BGB (1743 words)

	Balochistan People’s Party
		The Iranian security guards and their elite have become aware of the regime's brutality and corruption and therefore, they are not prepared to defend this regime anymore.
		TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said it killed 17 rebels in northwestern Iran on the border with Turkey and quickly accused the United States and its allies of seeking to provoke tensions along the country's borders.
		The Guards chief, Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, said the U.S., Britain and Israel were seeking to incite tension on Iran's borders to undermine the government in Tehran, IRNA reported.
	www.balochpeople.org /eng/2007/feb/news1.htm (1514 words)

	Iran - Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards as the main tool to export the revolution
		The aspiration to export the Islamic revolution to all Muslim societies (and to all human society as well) was an integral part of the philosophy of the Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the revolution and founded the Islamic republic in 1979.
		The Revolutionary Guards were behind the establishment of Hezbollah, originally set up to compete with and eventually replace the Amal Shi'ite movement, which is nationalist-secular, and which refused to subordinate itself to the revolutionary Islamic regime in Tehran.
		One of the Americans said that the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force had supplied the explosives and that instructions for their use had come from highly-placed sources in the Iranian government.
	www.terrorism-info.org.il /malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/iran_e0307.htm (4034 words)

	Fars News Agency :: Parliament to Investigate Antonov Crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An Antonov 74 aircraft belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), carrying 32 passengers and 6 crews, crashed at Tehran's Mehrabad airport at 07:10 hours Monday morning.
		The passengers on board the aircraft were said to be mainly the family members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps forces.
		Addressing a large congregation of the IRGC troops, bereaved families and people in the funeral procession of the 36 IRGC members who lost their lives in the incident, Major General Seyed Yahya Rahim Safavi said that investigations have concluded no sign of conspiracy or sabotage in the plane.
	english.farsnews.com /newstext.php?nn=8509070435 (354 words)

	Angus McDowall » The Big Question: What is the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and who controls them?
		Representing a power block in Tehran’s complex political scene, the guards are at the sharp end of all the recent confrontations with the West.
		Known in Persian as the Pasdaran, the guards emerged from the tumult of Iran’s 1979 revolution.
		A large militia, known as the Basij, is directed by the revolutionary guards.
	angusmcdowall.com /articles/?p=68 (1206 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Iran: Defending the Islamic Revolution -- The Corps of the Matter
		The IRGC is thus on the verge of being transformed from a junior player in the country’s military defense, to a key factor in the country’s military and security doctrine -- a rise that could come at the army’s expense.
		Among the tasks carried out by the corps were the monitoring of citizens’ activities, enforcement of the dress code, and the seizure of material not favored by the regime.
		Following the 1999 student riots, some hard-line elements of the IRGC warned Khatami that his reforms were endangering the revolutionary order and that the IRGC could not stand by and watch as the fruits of the revolution were destroyed.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/pp080705.shtml (1444 words)

	Iranian President Coming to America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ahmadinejad, a former senior commander of the feared terror-sponsoring Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (the "Pasdaran"), has a despicable past as a fire-brand radical who has been recognized by at least six Americans former hostage to have been involved in capturing and holding of Americans for 444 days in 1979.
		To mullahs, the only accepted form of loyalty is the loyalty demonstrated by years of directly participating in ensuring the survival of ruling tyranny.
		He was a top commander in the Revolutionary Guards special unit named the Qods (Jerusalem) Force and participated in planning and execution of many extra-territorial terrorist operations.
	www.globalpolitician.com /articles.asp?ID=1099&print=true (721 words)

	2005 Aug 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Revolutionary Guards chief added that the time had come for everyone to be on alert and ready to fight “the enemies of the Islamic Republic”.
		Safavi gave a list of “factors that have enhanced the national power of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, citing, for example, “Iran’s possession of half of the strategic Persian Gulf, our control of the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s cultural and ideological influence in neighboring countries and in the Muslim world”.
		Islamic regime in Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime Thu.
	www.sarbaz.org /articles/English/2005-08-12(1).html (651 words)

	Never Yet Melted » Revolutionary Guards Chief Strategist Captured in Raid on Erbil
		Revolutionary Guards Chief Strategist Captured in Raid on Erbil
		Reports from Tehran state that Iran’s top IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) strategist, Hassan Abbasi, was captured in the recent raid on the Islamic Iran’s office in Erbil, Iraq.
		As the Islamic Regime’s top tactician and strategist, his being found and caught in Iraq comes as little or no surprise when reorganization of the jihadists in Iraq has to be done to meet President Bush’s new initiative.
	neveryetmelted.com /?p=2068 (504 words)

	World Media Watch June 28, 2006
		"The Revolutionary Guards have obtained the contract to develop phases 15 and 16 of South Pars," a huge offshore gas field divided between Iran and Qatar, General Abdolreza Abed said in an interview with the Shargh newspaper.
		TEHRAN: Iran's powerful ideological army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), is set to enter the oil and gas sectors in a move that would increase their stake in the Islamic Republic's economy.
		For many observers, the wave of lucrative deals going to the IRGC is connected to last year's shock presidential election win by hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - a veteran of the force - who promised to favor domestic entrepreneurs.
	www.buzzflash.com /mediawatch/06/06/wmw06066.html (2984 words)

	US Alliance for Democratic Iran (USADI)
		The ascension of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), manifested in gaining full control over all branches of the government, put to rest once and for all the myth of moderation from within the ruling theocracy.
		The IRGC is practically in charge of all affairs of the state, nuclear and otherwise.
		As the Deputy Minister of Revolutionary Guards in the 1980s, Larijani was involved in the sponsorship of terrorist activities by Iran’s surrogates in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Muslim world.
	www.usadiran.org /USADIDispatch072505.htm (1335 words)

	S'CAN-IRANIC : Who's Who in Ahmadinejad's Cabinet: An Anti-Human Rights Cabinet? (Part I)
		Jamal Karimi-rad (Ministry of Justice): As a non-clergy Islamic lawyer with LLB and LLM degrees, he is a loyal jurist to the hardliner cause.
		He has an outstanding record as an Assistant Revolutionary Public Prosecutor in the Province of Kurdistan (ironically enough they have not mentioned when he held this position, but further investigation shows that he held this position in the early years of Revolution when Kurdistan was one of the most tumultuous parts of the country).
		Mohammad Hossein Safar Harandi (Ministry of Islamic Guidance and Culture): He enjoys an outstanding Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps career, as the deputy-commander of the Guards in the South and South East (1979-1983); and head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (1984-1994).
	secularcaniranik.blogs.com /scaniranic/2005/08/ahmadinejads_ca_1.html (1143 words)

	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at AllExperts
		He's a member of the Central Council of the Islamic Society of Engineers, but he has a more powerful base inside the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (Abadgaran) and is considered one of the main figures in the alliance.
		Also, in an interview with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting a few days before the elections, Ahmadinejad accused the United Nations of being "one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam." He has openly opposed the veto power given to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
		During the crackdown on universities in 1980, which Khomeini called the "Islamic Cultural Revolution", Ahmadinejad and the OSU played a critical role in purging dissident lecturers and students many of whom were arrested and later executed.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/ma/mahmoud_ahmadinejad.htm (4658 words)

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