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Abbas William Samii

Abbas William Samii is the regional analysis coordinator for Southwest Asia at Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty.

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“The reverberating impact of the Revolutionary Guards”

by Abbas William Samii

27 June 2005

Four out of the eight candidates in Iran’s presidential elections are members of the Revolution Guards. However, ayatollah Rafsanjani, the frontrunner, has never been one. He is a conservative who adapts himself to prevailing trends. The Revolutionary Guards were created in May 1979 because the (…)