This week Iran announced a new Supreme Leader. Mojtaba Khamenei is the son of the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
But who’s really running the country now? We look into the heavily armed elite forces pulling the strings – the Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.
Today, Iranian journalist and author Arash Azizi on what direction Iran’s elite armed forces could take the country.
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Guest: Iranian journalist and author, Arash Azizi
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