Submitted by Clare M. Lopez on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 06:51
Clare M. Lopez
No matter how the street protests across Iran play out, it is clear that an era is coming to an end. The Khomeini Revolution is out of steam, out of favor, out of supporters. Its last remaining zealots are the Pasdaran or Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and its subordinate divisions of street thugs, the Bassij and Ansar-e Hizballah.
