Post by account_disabled on Mar 5, 2024 10:11:47 GMT
To understand who Soleimani was, we need a few premises. Ali Khamenei is the most important political-religious figure in Iran, he is the most powerful man in Iran, but he is not a democratic elective position, in the sense that he is not elected through political votes. He is the supreme guide, elected by a "council of experts" composed of members. He is not accountable to the Iranian institutions, but rather the institutions are accountable to him. He is a "religious dictator", he has the political and military apparatus of Iran. Furthermore, he is able to officially dispose of enormous financial resources, managed completely outside the control of the elected Iranian government.
To understand the facts surrounding the assassination of Soleimani it is important to understand the structure of Iran's military apparatus. In the regular Iranian Artesh army, under Ruhollah Iraq Telegram Number Data Khomeini's regime, many of the officers who were in command before the revolution have been gradually replaced. Some died in suspicious circumstances, linked to officers loyal to the Ayatollah. During the war against Iraq, corps of volunteer combatants were formed, which later gave rise to a true parallel army: the Sepah. The Sepah is the army of the Pasdaran (or Revolutionary Guard) and does not respond to any Iranian institution: it depends exclusively on the "supreme guide", who is currently Ayatollah Khamenei.
Soleimani was a Pasdar (Revolutionary Guardian). In fact, he fought as a volunteer in Iraq in the eight-year war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. A Sepah department that operates outside the Iranian borders is called Quds and operates in several Middle Eastern countries: Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc... in short, Quds is a kind of Iranian agency that has the mission to operate in foreign countries. Soleimani was the commander of the Quds. The Sepah is very loyal to the supreme leadership, which makes it possible for it to have much greater funding than the regular army.
To understand the facts surrounding the assassination of Soleimani it is important to understand the structure of Iran's military apparatus. In the regular Iranian Artesh army, under Ruhollah Iraq Telegram Number Data Khomeini's regime, many of the officers who were in command before the revolution have been gradually replaced. Some died in suspicious circumstances, linked to officers loyal to the Ayatollah. During the war against Iraq, corps of volunteer combatants were formed, which later gave rise to a true parallel army: the Sepah. The Sepah is the army of the Pasdaran (or Revolutionary Guard) and does not respond to any Iranian institution: it depends exclusively on the "supreme guide", who is currently Ayatollah Khamenei.
Soleimani was a Pasdar (Revolutionary Guardian). In fact, he fought as a volunteer in Iraq in the eight-year war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. A Sepah department that operates outside the Iranian borders is called Quds and operates in several Middle Eastern countries: Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc... in short, Quds is a kind of Iranian agency that has the mission to operate in foreign countries. Soleimani was the commander of the Quds. The Sepah is very loyal to the supreme leadership, which makes it possible for it to have much greater funding than the regular army.