Author profile: Eric Lob

Eric Lob is an associate professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University and a non-resident scholar in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program. He is the author of Iran’s Reconstruction Jihad: Rural Development and Regime Consolidation after 1979 (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and his articles have appeared in The International Journal of Middle East StudiesIranian StudiesMiddle East CritiqueThe Middle East JournalThe Muslim WorldThird World Quarterly, and others.

The IRGC at a Crossroads: Strategic Lessons from the June 2025 Israel-Iran War

Eric Lob • Sep 5 2025 • Articles

Facing costs not seen since the 1980–88 war with Iraq, the conflict with Israel has reshaped the IRGC’s domestic authority and regional posture.

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