The Iranian Security Apparatus
History - Present - Mission
Dokumenttyp:
Schriftenreihe der LandesverteidigungsakademieErscheinungsdatum:
Juli 2024Herausgeber:
Republik Österreich BMLVVerlag:
Landesverteidigungsakademie (LVAk) / Institut für Friedenssicherung und Konfliktmanagement (IFK)ISBN:
978-3-903359-93-2Seiten:
75Autor(en):
Mag. Dr. phil. Walter PoschBeiträge in dieser Publikation:
| Name | Seiten/Dateigröße | |
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| The Iranian Security Apparatus, History - Present - Mission | 75 Seiten / 2.26 MB |
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Vorwort
The Western public perceives the Iranian security apparatus primarily through the Revolutionary Guard and its role at home and in the region. However, this overlooks the fact that the “Corps of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution” is part of an elaborate security apparatus whose stable institutional foundations were laid a century ago. Even a dramatic event such as the Islamic Revolution of 1979 led at the institutional level primarily to adaptation and adjustment to the new circumstances, and not to a revolutionary break with the state institutions, which were supplemented by “revolutionary” institutions such as the Revolutionary Guard.