The Hot Topic of 'Infiltration' and the Power Struggle Between Rouhani and the IRGC

From the conference 'Infiltration Forbidden' to the newly coined term 'Infiltration Sedition'; these days, 'infiltration' is the talk of the power holders in Iran and a keyword for a new round of security confrontations. The discussion of infiltration and infiltrators, and the necessity to combat foreign infiltration, which the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic laid the groundwork for in recent weeks, has led to one of Hassan Rouhani's clearest stances against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in recent days. The story began with the arrest of four journalists, coinciding with an announcement by the IRGC regarding the arrest of several individuals whom this organization claimed were 'members of an infiltration network' collaborating with the US and the UK, who were 'active in the virtual space and the press of the country.' This action prompted the President of Iran to state, 'Let’s not go off the deep end, arresting one or two people here and there on some pretext, fabricating cases, and then coming to blow it up in the country and say this line is the line of infiltration and this is the infiltration current.'