The majority of the IRGC will be restricted to their barracks because they are “unreliables”, draftees. Only a few battalions are trustworthy enough to use as enforcers around the country, so are always being flown around to put down minor rebellions in the ethnic enclaves.
This means that the big wild card is the Iranian army, which could easily overthrow the mullahs, if they didn’t turn their guns on each other. The lesser cards include the Hezbollah Arabs brought in to the country as strong arm thugs, and there are even rumors of foreign soldiers, such as Venezuelans and Cubans, being brought in as a praetorian guard to protect the big bosses.
Likewise, the Russians probably have a whole bunch of advisers, of several kinds, military, nuclear, political, who will try and influence events behind the scenes.
Likewise, the Russians probably have a whole bunch of advisers, of several kinds, military, nuclear, political, who will try and influence events behind the scenes.
Just yesterday I was watching RED DAWN. Sounds like it's RED DAWN in IRAN. Wonder when it will be RED DAWN in the US?