In January, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps butchered approximately 30,000 Iranians protesting against the government in a brutal crackdown.
Morgues quickly filled up with rows of grey body bags, as distraught relatives anxiously searched for the remains of their loved ones who had been indiscriminately massacred.
Horrific footage surfaced of security officials ramming vehicles into screaming demonstrators, killing and injuring civilians trapped in their path.
Some 47 years ago, this brutal army was built by Mohsen Sazegara – a Left-wing activist who, aged 23, became one of Ruhollah Khomeini’s earliest advisors and quickly rose to prominence in the Islamic Republic.
At the time, Sazegara
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