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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard sidelines president as military grip expands

President Pezeshkian reportedly unable to contact Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as a ‘military council’ controls access

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite branch of the Iranian armed forces, has blocked President Masoud Pezeshkian’s presidential appointments and erected what sources described as a security cordon around Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, a report published Tuesday by Iran International said.

The IRGC effectively has assumed control over key state functions, the report claimed.

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