Thanks again to Maryam for her fascinating talk about the role and makeup of the Sepah-e Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards) in the Iran-Iraq war. You can download the talk here or listen to it using the embedded player below. During the talk, Maryam showed clips of a film which you can see in its entirety at YouTube:
Maryam Alemzade on the Sepah-e Pasdaran
May 23rd, 2014 by ksalib
Posted in History, Presentations, Society and Politics
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