Mohsen Sazegara
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Oh, no, I don't think so. He had any relation to KGB. Beishti was one of the top clergy and educated not only in seminary schools but in Germany as well.
Oh, no, I don't think so. He had any relation to KGB. Beishti was one of the top clergy and educated not only in seminary schools but in Germany as well.
IRGC at the beginning was a very small organization. For instance, totally, I brought about 60 people. Most of them were well-educated, not only in University of Ari Amir, Sharif University today, but from my friends from that university, but some of the members of the MSA, Muslim Student Association, from Europe and the United States.
IRGC at the beginning was a very small organization. For instance, totally, I brought about 60 people. Most of them were well-educated, not only in University of Ari Amir, Sharif University today, but from my friends from that university, but some of the members of the MSA, Muslim Student Association, from Europe and the United States.
And at the beginning, IRGC was a very weak organization that was not able to keep its headquarters. Totally, I can say maybe 100, 120 people were working in IRGC. And the idea of IRGC was to keep it small, at most 500 people, professional people, and 50,000 people as the, you know, semi-professional, and mobilizing, training the people for defending the country, maybe 20 million of the people.
And at the beginning, IRGC was a very weak organization that was not able to keep its headquarters. Totally, I can say maybe 100, 120 people were working in IRGC. And the idea of IRGC was to keep it small, at most 500 people, professional people, and 50,000 people as the, you know, semi-professional, and mobilizing, training the people for defending the country, maybe 20 million of the people.
That was the idea of that people army. When I left the guard, as I say, it was about maybe 120 people. So it was not powerful enough to fight in different parts of Iran. Many, you know, some people make mistake between IRGC at the beginning with comitΓ© in every mosque. Because...
That was the idea of that people army. When I left the guard, as I say, it was about maybe 120 people. So it was not powerful enough to fight in different parts of Iran. Many, you know, some people make mistake between IRGC at the beginning with comitΓ© in every mosque. Because...
After victory of revolution, people in every neighborhood, in every city, they gathered their weapons and made a garrison, better to say, in every mosque. They called them Komitee Imam. And when the name of Pasdar was invented by ,, they called themselves Pasdar as well. They were the guys that actually attacked to the people's houses or get that capture everything.
After victory of revolution, people in every neighborhood, in every city, they gathered their weapons and made a garrison, better to say, in every mosque. They called them Komitee Imam. And when the name of Pasdar was invented by ,, they called themselves Pasdar as well. They were the guys that actually attacked to the people's houses or get that capture everything.
After a while, after a few years, those committees were dissolved in the police of Iran. They don't exist anymore.
After a while, after a few years, those committees were dissolved in the police of Iran. They don't exist anymore.
Oh, many other things. Right now I can say that IRGC, as I said, is a monster. like a dragon with seven heads.
Oh, many other things. Right now I can say that IRGC, as I said, is a monster. like a dragon with seven heads.
If you say that Qods Force, for instance, one of those heads is Qods Force, a terrorist organization. If you count the people who have been killed in Syria, for instance, Half a million people were killed in Syria. So 500,000 people. That's just one. One. They were killed by regime of Assad and the help of God's force and IRGC and Russia. all together, or maybe in Lebanon or in Israel.
If you say that Qods Force, for instance, one of those heads is Qods Force, a terrorist organization. If you count the people who have been killed in Syria, for instance, Half a million people were killed in Syria. So 500,000 people. That's just one. One. They were killed by regime of Assad and the help of God's force and IRGC and Russia. all together, or maybe in Lebanon or in Israel.
The last thing that IRGC was supporting was October 7, what Hamas did in Israel and the consequences of that. Totally about 50,000 people were killed from both sides. Yes, this IRGC is, I can't say that a unique organization. Why? Because it's like a classic army right now, Air Force, Navy, and Ground Force. It's like at the same time a terrorist organization, a branch, Quds Force, outside Iran.
The last thing that IRGC was supporting was October 7, what Hamas did in Israel and the consequences of that. Totally about 50,000 people were killed from both sides. Yes, this IRGC is, I can't say that a unique organization. Why? Because it's like a classic army right now, Air Force, Navy, and Ground Force. It's like at the same time a terrorist organization, a branch, Quds Force, outside Iran.
It's like a KGB now, IRGC intelligence organization. that is two times bigger than Minister of Intelligence of Iran. Last time, by the way, I was arrested by IRGC intelligence. At the same time, it's in mafia types of activities, production of Coptagon, which is famous as jihadist pills, and heroin and smuggling the drugs from Kabul to Caracas.
It's like a KGB now, IRGC intelligence organization. that is two times bigger than Minister of Intelligence of Iran. Last time, by the way, I was arrested by IRGC intelligence. At the same time, it's in mafia types of activities, production of Coptagon, which is famous as jihadist pills, and heroin and smuggling the drugs from Kabul to Caracas.