Revolutionary Guard in Charge

Massive protests as Revolutionary Guard consolidates power, likely to expand economic control.
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Massive protests as Revolutionary Guard consolidates power, likely to expand economic control.

Paul Jay speaks to Babak Yektafar, Editor-in-Chief of washingtonprisom.org about the protests in reaction to the Iranian election results. Yektafar speaks of the power in Iran being in the hands of the Revolutionary Guard, and says that, "in the past five or six years we have seen a major step forward by this entity. They gained immense economic power... [and now] they've gotten more and more involved in the politics of the Islamic regime. They're extremely sensitive to guarding their interests."

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