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How Iran's Revolutionary Guard is woven into the state's power structure

By Ayesha Rascoe
Published January 18, 2026 at 8:08 AM EST

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Arash Azizi of Yale University about the role of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran.

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Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.