Over the past few days new billboards(广告牌) have appeared in Tehran, Iran’s capital. They depict(描绘，描述) the seven men who have taken charge(接管，负责) in Iran since Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader, was killed in an Israeli air strike(空袭) on February 28th. Most remarkable(引人注目的，非凡的) is what the billboards do not show. There is no sign of Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader, who has not been seen in public since he was appointed. Nor are there any of the traditional religious symbols, such as the black and red flags of Imams Ali and Hussein. Only one of the seven men wears a turban(缠头巾).
过去几天，伊朗首都德黑兰出现了新的广告牌。广告牌上描绘了自前最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊于2月28日在以色列空袭中丧生以来接管伊朗的七个人。最引人注目的是广告牌上没有展示的内容。没有新任最高领袖穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊的踪影，他自被任命以来从未公开露面。也没有任何传统的宗教象征，如伊玛目阿里和侯赛因的黑红旗帜。七人中只有一人戴着缠头巾。
The billboards are the latest sign that a new crop(一批，一群) of leaders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is consolidating(巩固，加强) power in Iran. Battle-hardened(久经沙场的) and results-driven, they are focused on security and repression(镇压，压制), and are turning the theocratic(神权的) foundations of the Islamic republic into a military dictatorship(独裁统治). Though they may not have entirely dropped a pragmatic approach to the conflict with America, military regimes often draw legitimacy from(从…获得合法性) the constant threat of war. That suggests America and its allies should expect the new leadership to be more uncompromising(不妥协的，强硬的) than the previous one.
这些广告牌是最新的迹象，表明来自伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）的新一代领导人正在伊朗巩固权力。他们久经沙场、注重实效，专注于安全和镇压，正将伊斯兰共和国的神权基础转变为军事独裁。尽管他们可能没有完全放弃对美冲突的务实态度，但军事政权往往从持续的战争威胁中获取合法性。这表明美国及其盟友应预期新领导层将比前任更加不妥协。
Fronting(站在…前面，领导) the self-declared(自称的) “top of the country’s security and defence” on the billboard and dressed in a suit is Mohsen Rezaei. He is the new national-security adviser(国家安全顾问), a former presidential candidate and the longest-serving(任职时间最长的) chief of the IRGC, which he led through the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88 and the reconstruction that followed. Five men wear military fatigues(军装，工作服), including the head of the navy who oversees(监督，管理) Iran’s attacks on Gulf shipping. Next to him is Ahmad Vahidi, the IRGC’s commander-in-chief. Besides being instrumental(起重要作用的) in attempts to suppress(镇压，压制) the women’s movement to cast off(抛弃，摆脱) the veil four years ago, he founded the Quds Force, the IRGC’s foreign arm, which nurtures(培育，培养) its network of regional proxies(代理人，代理势力). Hussein Taeb, the only man with a turban, used to run the IRGC’s intelligence agency and now heads the basij, its paramilitary(准军事的) volunteer force entrusted with(被委托，被托付) keeping protesters off the streets.
广告牌上站在自称“国家安全与防务之首”的位置、身着西装的是穆赫辛·雷扎伊。他是新任国家安全顾问，曾任总统候选人，也是伊斯兰革命卫队任职时间最长的指挥官，曾领导该组织经历了1980-88年的两伊战争及随后的重建。五人身着军装，其中包括负责监督伊朗对海湾航运袭击的海军司令。他旁边是伊斯兰革命卫队总司令艾哈迈德·瓦希迪。除了在四年前试图镇压妇女脱去面纱的运动中发挥了重要作用外，他还创建了圣城军，即伊斯兰革命卫队的对外分支，该分支培育了其地区代理网络。侯赛因·塔伊布是唯一戴缠头巾的人，他曾掌管伊斯兰革命卫队的情报机构，现在领导着巴斯基，即其准军事志愿部队，负责阻止抗议者上街。