{"id":1273,"date":"2026-06-12T02:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2026-09-06T07:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:07:08","slug":"why-the-irgc-needs-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/why-the-irgc-needs-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the IRGC Needs Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><b>The IRGC Needs Israel, by Raghu Kondori in The Times of Israel<\/b><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>T<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>he Islamic Republic Needs External Conflict to Preserve Internal Power<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many analyses of Iran\u2019s confrontation with Israel focus on ideology, military strategy, or regional influence. While these factors matter, they often overlook a deeper structural reality: the Islamic Republic\u2019s survival has historically depended on external crises that reinforce internal cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/why-the-irgc-needs-israel\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSYTm9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFocFpPTlF4RHlqelUyRkNUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHl2j4eBq0IS80mh5HMvUPBz0Y9MpbSX62TgvKpgGf7TRCqTPyw4wVmChQxO7_aem_v_ONmS6ngCEBODAbaopBNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Israel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IRGC Needs Israel, by Raghu Kondori in The Times of Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,69,272,25,271],"class_list":["post-1273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essay","tag-iran","tag-irgc","tag-onion-structure","tag-raghu-kondori","tag-the-times-of-israel"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/download.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1558,"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions\/1558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}