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July 7, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran7-2009jul07,0,1530538.story

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Acknowledges Taking a Bigger Role

[Los Angeles Times] Borzou Daragahi - The top leaders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard publicly acknowledged Sunday that they had taken over the nation's security during the post-election unrest. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the Guard, said its takeover of the nation's security had led to "a revival of the revolution." He said "the Revolutionary Guard was assigned the task of controlling the situation, [it] took the initiative to quell a spiraling unrest." Jafari's comments came the closest yet to publicly acknowledging what critics decry as a "coup d'etat" instigated by military elites loyal to Khamenei.

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