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Islamic clerics, that liquor is not served at private parties and that women keep their hair, arms and feet covered,
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224:(IRGC) was established in 1979, the komiteh "were responsible for eliminating counterrevolutionary elements within Iran", and worked to eliminate liberal, leftist, and Islamic leftist opposition to Khomeini's power. They have been described (by Gilles Kepel) as much like the
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