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Iran's Expanding War Strategy
[FOX News] Alireza Jafarzadeh - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's sudden decree early this month to place Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, an expert in strategic and asymmetric warfare, at the head of the IRGC represents a significant strengthening of the ayatollahs' war party. Since 2003, Khamenei has methodically placed the top brass of the IRGC in key political and security positions. President Ahmadinejad himself is a former senior IRGC commander who has staffed the top tiers of his cabinet and diplomatic corps with veteran IRGC commanders. Nearly one-third of the parliament is comprised of IRGC members. The IRGC has taken full control of the nuclear program and has evolved into the most powerful financial conglomerate in Iran.