Following the Iranian Revolution, all of the following steps were taken to control Iran's armed forces EXCEPT

a. the regime purged the top ranks of the military.
b. the regime placed officers promoted from the Revolutionary Guards in command positions over the regular divisions.
c. the Leader placed chaplains in military units to watch over military officers.
d. the regime built up the Revolutionary Guards as a parallel military force.
e. in recent years, the regular military and Revolutionary Guards have been placed under the authority of the fundamentalist ideologically-inclined Basej. .


e

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