Dozens of vehicles belonging to the Fatemiyoun Brigade, an Afghan Shiite militia created and trained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), marched through the streets of the capital, waving their ubiquitous yellow flags as well as the Afghan flag.
The Quds Force, the branch of the IRGC responsible for extraterritorial operations and formerly led by General Qasem Soleimani, deployed these Afghan fighters to Syria after the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011 and used them as frontline troops against rebels and other forces opposed to President Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
’s regime. They remained in Syria until the downfall of the Assad regime in late 2024.
The use of the Afghan militia coincides with the arrival of several convoys of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
carrying aid. PMF fighters said on social media that they were ready to give their blood to protect the Islamic Theocratic
Republic.
Iran, and in particular the IRGC, appears to be relying heavily on its support base and proxy forces to reinforce its internal security, as Israeli and US aircraft carpet-bomb its bases across the country.
Iranian human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal
liberty...
activists have previously reported the use of Iraqi and Afghan militias by the IRGC and its notorious Basij militia in crackdowns against waves of protests that have engulfed the country in recent years.
The US and Israel have carried out close to 20,000 strikes across the country since February 28, leveling many security bases and killing scores of top commanders, as well as the overall commander of the country’s armed forces, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
Iran has responded by launching 95 waves of missile and drone barrages against Israel, US bases, and civilian infrastructure across Gulf countries, Iraq, and the Kurdistan Region.
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