Engineering chaos: How ISIS enabled the Islamic Republic of Iran’s expansion - opinion
Both sides were using the conflict to advance their own agendas, often at the expense of the very people they claimed to protect.
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami looks on during a ceremony in Tehran, last month. Afshin Payravi, a member of the Iranian opposition, says that the alliance between ISIS and the IRGC is no secret.(photo credit: WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS)ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
