Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: The Spine of a Militarized State
The New York Times
With their pervasive military, political and economic clout, the Guards are often considered the main impediment to regime change, or any change, in Iran.
With their pervasive military, political and economic clout, the Guards are often considered the main impediment to regime change, or any change, in Iran.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military campaign against Iran was accelerating, with more warplanes arriving in the region. Earlier, Turkey said NATO had shot down an Iranian missile heading to Turkish airspace.
Iran targeted American sites throughout the region as President Trump said the United States was ready for a protracted fight. U.S. embassies and Amazon data centers were among the sites struck.
The Iran-backed militant group launched rockets into Israel as Iran fired on Israel and Arab states. President Trump told The New York Times that the U.S. planned to keep up the assault on Iran for “four or five weeks.”
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raised questions about leadership succession as attacks on Iran, and its responses, continued.