سعید گلکار

In 2008, the IRGC established a new branch that remains little known or studied today: the Provincial Guard. Operating in

As the Islamic Republic of Iran turns forty, the dream of a unified theocratic state remains elusive. The national leadership

The widening rift between religious traditionalists and "hybrid-postmodernists" could undermine the regime's guiding principle of Islamism.

Over the past three decades, the Iranian regime has managed to survive numerous internal and external crises. From coup attempts