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The Dig: Iran, 1979-1997. Islamic Republic, War, and Thermidor

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A Very Important Moment in the Revolutionary Guards Movement

The export of the revolution was very much still something to be you know was very on the agenda status policies and nationalization. These were all things which Rastanjani really wanted to push to the margins he thought they were a hindrance to his project. The irrigation of this power of aprobatory supervision is ironically would then subsequently come to bite him pretty badly it's pretty ironic behindYeah yeah exactly yeah exactly so Yeah it's a very very important period and also and one of the things just to mention before I finish is that it's also in this period that obviously we see the huge huge huge warm up mobilization in the form of the Revolutionary Guards in the war effort with Iraq

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