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IRGC to reopen its own high schools

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it intends to re-engage with the high school system to train a new generation committed to its goals.
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Members of the revolutionary guard attend the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, February 1, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi  (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY MILITARY) - RTR2X5DT

Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, the deputy chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said in a commemoration of the martyrs of the Sepah High School that “the issue of the reopening of IRGC high schools is now part of the agenda; the fate of the plan to reopen the IRGC high schools that have been closed for a decade will become clear after the conclusion of the necessary studies and professional reviews.”

The IRGC is not only looking to prepare military forces, but through the founding of high schools and colleges associated with the organization plans on educating a class of faithful and effective forces that follow the IRGC ideology. Sepah (IRGC) founded the first of these schools, a high school, in 1361 (1982). This high school was founded by Commanders Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr and Seyed Jamal Aldin Dinparvar, the heads of IRGC’s educational division, to educate a loyal cadre and future devoted forces.

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