Khomeini's Long Shadow: 30 Years After the Iran Hostage Crisis

By May of 1979, Khomeini had formed the Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, an ideological offshoot of the Iranian Amry, pledged to uphold the government's Islamic laws.
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In May 1979, Khomeini formed the Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, an ideological offshoot of the Iranian Amry, and pledged to uphold the government's Islamic laws.

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