Introduction

THE EMERGENCE AND IRGC MARGINALIZATION OF Artesh
Since this dual military model in Iran was institutionalized through
Iran's constitution in 1979, it was understood that the two structures
to help each other during the difficult years of the war against
Iraq. Iran, which had a regular army (Artesh) and experienced with
heavy weapons, created alongside new revolutionary forces
named Sepah Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards), made up of young
dynamic people who were imbued with a strong nationalism and ready for martyrdom
ideological. In terms of strategy and doctrine, Artesh was, and
Again, a conventional military organization operating under regular tactics
while the Pasdaran functioned - which is always the case
- According to a revolutionary hybrid military style, blending operations
with other conventional, asymmetrical.