Iran's Parallel Forces & Intelligence Protect Regime 🇮🇷

Iran operates a deliberately complex military structure designed to prevent coups and absorb shocks. The country maintains two parallel armies—the regular Artesh and the ideological Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—alongside multiple intelligence services and layered command structures, all ultimately answering to the Supreme Leader. The IRGC's Aerospace Force controls Iran's missile and drone arsenal, whilst the Quds Force manages regional networks across Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Yemen and Iraq. The system has proven resilient even after the killing of senior commanders, though its ability to adapt to faster, more complex challenges remains uncertain.

Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem explains.

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