FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and the Head of Revolutionary Guards, commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, right, wave as they attend a ceremony in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard, aided by an affiliated volunteer militia, the Basij, is using the post-election turmoil to tighten its already powerful hold over the country, raising alarm among some Iranians that it is transforming the Islamic Republic into a military state. (AP Photo, File)



