https://mena-studies.org/tags/irgc/Recent content in IRGC on MENA Research CenterHugoen-GBThu, 11 Sep 2025 07:57:37 +0200https://mena-studies.org/ali-khamenei-from-follower-to-absolute-ruler/Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:50:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/ali-khamenei-from-follower-to-absolute-ruler/For 36 years, Ali Khamenei has clung to power with an iron grip, keeping the Islamic Republic of Iran alive through repression and control. Not once in that time has he left the country. In moments of existential threat, he sheds the usual religious rhetoric…https://mena-studies.org/iran-and-israel-after-the-storm-a-fragile-victory-for-all-a-strategic-loss-for-some/Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:55:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/iran-and-israel-after-the-storm-a-fragile-victory-for-all-a-strategic-loss-for-some/Nearly two weeks of open warfare between Israel and Iran with a brief but significant intervention by the United States seem to have come to an end. All three players involved, namely the US, Iran, and Israel, have declared total victory. This odd convergence…https://mena-studies.org/irans-military-budget-a-tool-for-internal-suppression-or-external-aggression/Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:54:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/irans-military-budget-a-tool-for-internal-suppression-or-external-aggression/Iran’s military budget has long been shrouded in opacity. While the country’s national budget is publicly presented each year before the Iranian Parliament, the military’s financial footprint hides deeper layers that even seasoned military and economic…