Ayatollah Khomeini created the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) because he was suspicious of the loyalty of officers in Iran's regular military, fearing they maintained ties to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: CSIS
  War by Proxy: Iran's Growing Footprint in the Middle East - CSIS

Sources

• War by Proxy: Iran's Growing Footprint in the Middle East - CSIS www.csis.org CSIS via serper

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• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps entity
• Ruhollah Khomeini entity