Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has taken steps to ensure it is not reliant on a single security force but rather multiple structures to defend the Islamic republic against external and internal threats.
All these forces have been mobilised since the start of the war between Iran and the United States and Israel, which began on February 28Â with the killing of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has seen the deaths of several key security officials.
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