As Israeli and US attacks on Iran continue, Iranian political and military leaders are preparing for the possibility of a civil war, sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
Two sources within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that after the end of the 12-day war with Israel and the US in June last year, senior security and military officials concluded that another conflict was likely.
Since then, they have been preparing for a potential civil war scenario.
A source inside the IRGC told MEE that after that war, the country’s official army command and the Revolutionary Guard were given broader powers to operate in western, southwestern and southeastern Iran.
The aim was to allow them to act independently if communication with central command was cut.
