LISTEN NOW | The narrative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a formidable military force has been peddled for years, amplified by propaganda and echoed by sympathetic global media. Yet, recent Israeli and US strikes have exposed this narrative as flimsy, collapsing under scrutiny. The IRGC’s decimation in these operations reveals a truth long masked by bravado: Iran’s military capabilities, like those of other overhyped regimes in the region, are far less potent than claimed.