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Fault Lines in Iran's Revolutionary Guards
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Kasra Aarabi - Fault lines are emerging in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over the handling of Syria, which resulted in the collapse of Bashar al-Assad. The younger radicals are enraged at what they see as the "abandonment" of Syria. I spent the final 72 hours of the Assad regime talking with the younger radical ranks of the IRGC. From these conversations and recent trends, it's clear an internal crisis is looming in the IRGC. "They found out too late and made late decisions," an IRGC member told me, who blames senior commanders. The targeted killing of Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah resulted in the younger radicals openly attacking the IRGC's senior oligarchy, accusing them of corruption and even colluding with Mossad. They tell me they see the fall of Syria as the "abandonment" of holy Shia shrines and the "trampling of the blood of the martyrs." The writer is director for IRGC Research at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).