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Deep State Witch

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4. Yes

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:29 AM

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It's confusing for people who aren't used to dealing with special government forces. There's the regular Iranian military. Then there's the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). They are the regime's enforcers and secret police. They're the fanatically loyal ones. Then there's the Basijj, who are kind of like the neighborhood enforcers. They're the ones who spy on their neighbors and report them to the IRGC.

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