It is an open secret that the Islamic Republic maintains a heavy military presence inside Syria, where for the past decade it has supported Bashar al Assad against an armed rebellion.
An airline executive with a long military record assumes an influential legislative post, expanding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ political clout.
IRGC linchpin Mohsen Rezaei’s foundation attracts Revolutionary Guard officers and right-wing clerics with interests from high politics to helicopter and pasta production.