Iran Revolutionary Guards
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, founded after the Iranian Revolution on 22 April 1979 by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. IISS Military Balance 2006, Routledge for the IISS, London, 2006, p. 187 Whereas the Iranian Army defends Iranian borders and maintains internal order, according to the Iranian constitution, the Revolutionary Guard is intended to protect the country's Islamic republic political system, which supporters believe includes preventing foreign interference and coups by the military or "deviant movements". The IRGC is designated as a terrorist organization by the governments of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United States. As of 2011, the Revolutionary Guards had at least 250,000 military personnel including ground, ...
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Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Revolutionary Guard Corps (''Liwa Haris al-Jamahiriya'') or Jamahiriyyah Guard was a Libyan paramilitary Military elite, elite unit that played the role of key protection force of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, until Death of Muammar Gaddafi, his death in October 2011. Composed of 3,000 men hand-picked from Qadhadhfa, Gaddafi's tribal group in the Sirte region, the Guard was well armed, being provided with T-54 and T-62 tanks, Armoured personnel carrier, APCs, Multiple rocket launcher, MRLs, 9K33 Osa, SA-8 Surface-to-air missile, SAMs and ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft guns taken from the army inventory. As of 2005, its commander was Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi, a cousin of the former Libyan leader. History The Revolutionary Guard developed from the General People's Committee, Revolutionary Committees, even if the latter had at first been introduced only into workplaces and communities, and not extended to the Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Armed Forces. After the early 19 ...
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