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I appreciate the revolutionary strategy of the IRGC.
The USSR had a politically neutral military, which led them to stand aside as communism was ripped apart.
The US also has a "politically neutral" military. Many here won't appreciate me using that term, because - yes - the actions of the military are not separate from politics. But the US has a political neutral military in the sense of political autonomy.
China has a political military (or so I've been told), to avoid the downfall we saw in the soviet union.
Iran has 2 militaries. The political military is Sepah (the IRGC - Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) which guards the revolution. The politically neutral military is the Artesh. In the event that the IRGC is defeated and a new style of governance is kept, the country could theoretically still stay together with the Artesh preserving the country's sovereignty.
This is why Iranian diaspora attack the IRGC but not the military (the Artesh). Because they recognize that there is in fact a politically neutral military.
Iran also has militia to help rally communities in defense of the country and the revolution (the Basij). The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela also has this.
I recommend the Iranian way of doing things. Create a revolutionary entity - Marxist Revolutionary Vanguard Corps (MRVC). Prior to the revolution this forms the vanguard as well as a parallel government. After a revolution, create and preserve neutral government services and institutions. They can also form the Marxist-Lennist Basij (MLB) to build and coordinate with the community and to defend against colour-revolution. In the event of a successful counterrevolution, the MRVC receeds and restarts the process all over again using their existing parallel infrastructure, databases, and operatives.
So if the US kicks your ass (they likely will), you can retreat, recover, and do it all over again until you win.
We will never stop coming at them.

Nonpartisan is probably the better word.
The government of China technically has no military but the CPC has the PLA.
Ah that explains why I remembered the Chinese military as a political one.