Articles of interest
Domestic Role of the IRGC:
IRGC Expands Crackdown on Opposition
(InsideIran.org, Edith Novy, November 24th, 2009)
Iran’s hardliners grasp more power
(The Economist, August 29, 2009)
The Rise of the Pasdaran. Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
(Rand, 2009)
The Revolutionary Guards’ Role in Iranian Politics
(Ali Alfoneh, September 1, 2008)
Iran’s Parliamentary Elections and the Revolutionary Guards’ Creeping Coup d’Etat
(Ali Alfoneh, February 21, 2008)
US sanctions, Terror List:
Elite Revolutionary Guard’s expanding role in Iran may limit U.S. options
(The Washington Post, Thomas Erdbrink, January 10, 2010)
The world must neutralise Tehran’s toxic threat
(The London Times online, Liam Fox, January 1, 2010)
Obama’s Enforcer
(Newsweek, Michael Hirsh and Michael Isikoff, December 12, 2009)
Testimony by Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
(U.S. Department of the Treasury, Stuart Levey, October 6, 2009)
Iran, U.S. Wage A Quiet War Over The Economy
(National Public Radio, US, Tom Gjelten, October 20, 2009)
Funding Terror
(United Against Nuclear Iran, July 27, 2009)
Toughen Up On Iran. Why the U.S. should follow Europe’s lead.
(Ilan Berman, December 11, 2009)
Iran’s Deceptive Ways
(Transatlantic Institute, Emanuele Ottolenghi, May, 2008)
Human Rights and the Basis for EU Sanctions against Iran
(Transatlantic Institute, Emanuele Ottolenghi, April 30, 2008)
Designation of Iranian Entities and Individuals for Proliferation Activities and Support for Terrorism by U.S. Treasury Department
(October 25, 2007)
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
(Congressional Record, September 24, 2007)
Overview of the IRGC, General:
The Revolution Will Be Mercantilized
(The National Interest online, Ali Ansari, December 21, 2009)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
(Council on Foreign Relations Background Paper, Greg Bruno, June 22, 2009)
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. An Open Source Analysis
(National Defense University, Matthew M. Frick, January 2008)
IRGC Economy, Trade:
Elite Revolutionary Guard’s expanding role in Iran may limit U.S. options
(The Washington Post, Thomas Erdbrink, January 10, 2010)
IRAN: Revolutionary Guards Tighten Economic Hold
(Omid Memarian, December 29, 2009)
Iran, U.S. Wage A Quiet War Over The Economy
(National Public Radio, US, Tom Gjelten, October 20, 2009)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Has A Lot To Lose
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Rasool Nafisi, September 18, 2009)
Iran’s Deceptive Commercial Practices
(Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Emanuele Ottolenghi, April 15, 2008)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Inc.
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Mehdi Khalaji, August 17, 2007)
How Intertwined Are the Revolutionary Guards in Iran’s Economy?
(Ali Alfoneh, October 22, 2007)
IRGC’s Military and Security Aspects:
Iran Military Moves Could Provide Greater Muscle Against Critics
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Golnaz Esfandiari, October 8, 2009)
Iran Restructuring its Naval Forces
(Washington Post, Walter Pincus, November 30, 2009)
The Security Forces of the Islamic Republic and the Fate of the Opposition
(The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Michael Eisenstadt, June 19, 2009)
Iran’s Basij Force — The Mainstay Of Domestic Security
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Hossein Aryan, December 7, 2008)
Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Broader Strategic Context
(Center for Strategic and International Studies, Anthony Cordesman, December 5, 2008)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Al Quds Force, and Other Intelligence and Paramilitary Forces
(Center for Strategic and International Studies, Anthony Cordesman, August 16, 2007)
Security Structures of Iran
(Frederick Kagan)
IRGC Ideology and Indoctrination, information dissemination:
Indoctrination of the Revolutionary Guards
(Ali Alfoneh, February 20, 2009)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Take on the Internet
(Internet and Democracy blog, I&D Guest Blogger Hamid Tehrani, Global Voices Iran Editor, Harvard, January 8th, 2009)
Terrorism:
Contending with Iran’s Sponsorship of Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation
(The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Matthew Levitt, September 9, 2009)
Iran’s Suicide Brigades
(Ali Alfoneh , January 1, 2007)
