Revolutionary Guard

Revolutionary Guard is a military or paramilitary elite unit that plays the role of key protection force of the new regime in a country which has experienced a revolution.


  • Revolutionary Guard Corps of Libya
  • Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution of Iran are also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards ("IRG") or (predominantly in US media) the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps ("IRGC")


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