As the U.S. administration considers whether to remove Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, understanding its nature, development, and ideology is essential to making an informed decision. There is much about it that differentiates it from a conventional armed force. One fundamental aspect of its ideology that until now has been overlooked is the doctrine of Mahdism.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday warned of attacking 52 sites in Iran and will hit them “very fast and very hard†if Tehran attacks American personnel or assets. In a tweet defending Friday’s drone strike assassination of a top Iranian general in Iraq, Trump said 52 represents the number of Americans held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran for more than a year starting in late 1979.
The Art of Building photography contest is run by the British Chartered Institute of Building
Judges sifted through 3,500 entries to draw up a shortlist of 15 photos before picking their winning image
The judges prize is awarded to James Retief for his shot of Big Ben under restoration
Winning the public vote category is Borna Mirahmadian with an image taken inside Iran s Karim Khan Citadel