In July 2011, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed Maj. Gen. Rostam Qassemi of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as oil minister,[1] bringing the number of former IRGC officers in his cabinet to twelve out of eighteen. Yet the IRGC's seizure of the Oil Ministry could have far reaching economic,...

As the "5 plus 1" Group resumes negotiations with Iran today in Geneva, expectations remain low. If the bravado and propaganda should turn out to be mere theatrics meant to disguise the Iranian political leadership's readiness to accept the terms of the 5-plus-1 Group in Geneva, there is still little reason for enchantment.

The latest round of UN sanctions against Iran are merely a symbolic gesture and will not work because they fail to target the financial arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the engine of Iran's nuclear program.

More than three decades after the Revolution of 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and the IRGC remain entangled in a rivalry which the Army — should the hitherto trend continue — is bound to lose.

An effective sanctions regime against the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps must necessarily target its financial arm.

Iran is hard op weg een militaire dictatuur te worden. Dankzij de Revolutionaire Garde.

The real revolution in Iran--a silent coup by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps--has gone unnoticed.

A growing portion of Iran's international trade is going to hardliners.