How Iran's elite forces 'mold the minds of the young cadets'

DW12 October 2026, 05:00 UTCIran

Months of correspondence with two high-ranking defectors have given DW's investigative unit a rare look at the mindset of the regime's loyal servants — and revealed a clandestine circle that allegedly plots murders.

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