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  • Analysis: Iran's powerful Guard faces scrutiny after attacks

    04/14/2021 6:35:22 AM PDT · by Marinario · 5 replies
    Yahoo/AP ^ | Apr.13.21 | Jon Gambrell
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The recent sabotage at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility is just the latest setback for the country's Revolutionary Guard, though the paramilitary force is rarely publicly criticized due to its power. But with some of its leaders now considering vying for the presidency, the Guard's influence and failures could become fair game. In just over the last year, the Guard shot down a Ukrainian commercial airliner, killing 176 people. Its forces failed to stop both an earlier attack at Iran's Natanz facility and the assassination of a top scientist who started a military nuclear...