(From the FT.com) Hillary Clinton, US secretary of State, said on Monday that Iran was becoming a military dictatorship as Washington keeps up the pressure on the Islamic republic over its nuclear program.

Speaking to students in Doha, Mrs Clinton said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps appears to have gained so much power that it is effectively “supplanting the government”.

The US has singled out the Guard Corps for tighter sanctions because of its stake in the country’s economy and its involvement in missile and nuclear programs. ”Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship,” Mrs Clinton said. ”That is our view.”

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