Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی), often shortened to Revolutionary Guards, is a military organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 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.
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External links
Foxes in Iran's Henhouse (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/opinion/13nasr.html), a New York Times article about the role of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran's power structure
