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What Does the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Want Out of Iran’s Upcoming Elections?

How will the IRGC seek to influence Iran’s upcoming presidential elections?

By Heshmat Alavi
May 06, 2017
What Does the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Want Out of Iran’s Upcoming Elections?
Credit: Mohamad Sadegh Heydari via Wikimedia Commons

Editor’s Note: A June 2019 investigation revealed that this article was authored by a false persona. Accordingly, this article has been retracted in full for not meeting our standards on authorship disclosure. The Diplomat regrets this situation.