"IRAN'S terrorist army the Revolutionary Guard subscribes to a wider extremist Mahdism ideology that is hellbent on the "eradication of Israel".

An expert spoke to The Sun about its relationship to Hamas, and the anti-Semitic extremism which drove the October 7 attacks.

Kasra Aarabi is the Director of IRGC Research at United Against Nuclear Iran and non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC. He spoke exclusively to The Sun’s David Ross about the role of Iran and the issues surrounding the possible escalation of this conflict."