The IRGC “stands atop the world, given its hundreds of martyrdom-seeking battalions and hundreds of highly trained combat battalions.”Ariel Ben Solomon, “Iranian Commander Says Readying Launch of Air Defense System More Advanced than Russian S-300,” Jerusalem Post, June 1, 2014, http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Iran-Islamic-Republic-has-air-defense-system-more-advanced-than-Russian-s-300-355014.