A Conversation with Afshon Ostovar

About this episode

In this episode, Saman Askari speaks with historian Afshon Ostovar about the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its historical context.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with Afshon Ostovar, a historian, author and a foremost expert on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Afshon and I cover a lot of ground. We start by talking about the historical context around the IRGC, when and how it was started, its role in the Iran-Iraq war, how the organization evolved through the years, how it is different than Iran’s regular military, its Quds Force and the Islamic Republic’s foreign involvements, where Qasem Soleima...

People in this episode

Host: Saman Askari

Guest: Afshon Ostovar

Topics covered

• Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
• history
• Iran-Iraq war
• military
• foreign involvement

Keywords

• IRGC
• Iran
• Afshon Ostovar
• military history
• Quds Force

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps

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