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Failures of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in spotlight even as rhetoric escalates Cracks are emerging in the wall of silence about the IRGC’s role. Around the edges, criticism is beginning to leak out. Thursday 15/04/2021 Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (R) greets commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC Esmail Qaani (L), Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri (C), and IRGC Chief Commander Hossein Salami, in January 2020. (AFP) LONDON - The recent sabotage at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility has put the spotlight on the successive security failures of the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The recent sabotage at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility is just the latest setback for the country's...

By JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press | Published: April 13, 2021 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The recent sabotage at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility is just the latest setback for the country's Revolutionary Guard, though the paramilitary force is rarely publicly criticized due to its power. But with some of its leaders now considering vying for the presidency, the Guard's influence and failures could become fair game. In just over the last year, the Guard shot down a Ukrainian commercial airliner, killing 176 people. Its forces failed to stop both an earlier attack at Iran's N...

In just over the last year, the Guard shot down a Ukrainian commercial airliner, killing 176 people. Its forces failed to stop both an earlier attack at Iran's Natanz facility and the assassination of a top scientist who started a military nuclear programme decades earlier. Meanwhile, its floating base in the Red Sea off Yemen suffered an explosion.

Follow Apr. 9, 2021 “It is a great betrayal of the Iranian nation if any faction or person delays the end of the sanctions even for one hour,” Iranian President Hassan Rohani said in a speech on Iranian television on March 17. “The small minority that is obstructing this path needs to stop its destructive act. If it stops … the government can break the sanctions.” Rohani was speaking about 20 days before the launch of the talks in Vienna this week between Iran and the six entities party to the nuclear agreement. The comments provide evidence of the harsh disagreement in Iran surroun...