| LC control no. | n 81142190 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Iran. Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī |
| Variant(s) | Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī (Iran) Ḥaras al-Thawrah al-Islāmīyah (Iran) Iran. Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps (Iran) سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامى (ايران) سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامى Pasdaran (Iran) حرس الثورة الإسلامية (ايران) I.R.G.C. (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) Revolutionary Guards (Iran) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC |
| Beginning date | 1979-04-22 |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Risālat al-Thawrah al-Islāmīyah, Jūn 1981 (a.e.) t.p. (Ḥaras al-Thawrah al-Islāmīyah) p. 3 (Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī) Message of revolution, May 1981: t.p. (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps); Apr. 1981: t.p. (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran) Az Janūb-i Lubnān tā Janūb-i Īrān, 2004- : v. 1, end p. (Revolutionary Guards Corps) L'impero dei Pasdaran, 2006 Majmūʻah-i maqālāt-i Hamāyish-i Nihādʹgirāyī, Sipāh va Inqilāb-i Islāmī, 2012 or 2013: t.p. (I.R.G.C.) The unfinished history of the Iran-Iraq War, 2020: CIP galley (Revolutionary Guards; The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is the military and political organization that is charged with guarding the Islamic Republic and the revolution that brought it to power; April 22, 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a decree directing the governing Revolutionary Council to establish the IRGC, effectively consolidating various revolutionary militias into a formal organization) Oxford reference viewed online May 24, 2022: (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Iranian military force formed after the Islamic revolution of 1979 to purge the existing armed forces of elements considered un-Islamic and a threat to the revolutionary regime; Its role as guardian of the revolution is affirmed in the constitution; Includes mlitary command units for army, air force, and navy, and cabinet-level ministry; Activities have included restoring order to cities and dislodging opposition groups from government positions in the early days of revolution, suppressing ethnic uprisings throughout the country in 1979, helping Ayatollah Khomeini's efforts to monopolize power during attacks by leftist mujahidin in 1981, and actively participating in the Iran-Iraq War) A letter informing congress of action taken consistent with the war powers resolution, Public Law 93-148, 2023: page 1 (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2012044237 |
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