The IRGC is a death cult, nothing more. Remember that group of US boomers who think that Israel building the third temple will usher in the second coming and by extension the end of the world? The IRGC is the brown muzzy equivalent. They think they are fighting in the final jihad, the prophesied 13th Imam has been or will be born soon and spread Islam across the world. The difference between these two groups is one has an IQ of 80~90 and the other is brown. The IRGC literally cannot stop fighting because it would mean the Ayatollah was wrong, their prophesied victory was a illusion and everything they have done up until now was for nothing. For them this is do or die. Oh! And it doesn't help that the education system in these countries lies constantly about the rest of the world, and makes their countries the "center of the world". I could do a whole effort post on foreign history class books, shits wild, but I'll stop.