Rather than a single, unified military force, Iran operates a two-headed machine comprising the conventional armed forces, known as the Artesh, and the more ideologically driven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Artesh is responsible for ground warfare and territorial defense, while the IRGC controls strategic strike and escalation. A large paramilitary force known as the […]
What to Know About the Artesh, Iran’s Conventional Military
The group is large and scalable but heavily constrained.
