Tag: IRGC
What Iranian officials told the Palestinian Islamic Jihad chief in Tehran
Even before Israel’s “Operation Breaking Dawn” in Gaza was launched on Aug. 5, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhalah was in Tehran to meet with top regime officials and military commanders.
Nakhalah traveled to Iran...
Iranian charged in ‘murder for hire’ plot on ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton
A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was charged on Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department for plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton.
Shahram Poursafi, 45, is accused of...
Report: Israeli hackers took down IRGC’s ‘Fars News’ website
A hardline Iranian media outlet connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Fars News Agency, has reportedly had its website hacked by Israeli hackers.
According to an opposition-linked website, Iran International, the hackers took responsibility for the...
In Argentina and Bulgaria, recalling two deadly terrorist attacks
Thousands of people attended a memorial event in Argentina on Monday dedicated to the 85 people killed during the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. They came to read the names of the victims,...
Israeli, Turkish intelligence foiled Iranian terror plot against Israelis
Israeli and Turkish intelligence agencies recently foiled an Iranian plot to attack Israeli targets on Turkish soil, senior Israeli officials told Ynet on Sunday.
“Things are really heating up there,” one official told Ynet, adding that Iran has...
US Treasury targets Russian-backed Iranian oil-smuggling network
On the day that the Biden administration point man on Iran testified before a Senate committee, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a new sanctions package targeting an oil-smuggling and money-laundering network belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
Iran buries assassinated IRGC colonel, vows revenge against global enemies
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Jan. 24, 2021. Credit: Shahab Ghayoumi via Wikimedia Commons.
Iran held the funeral on Tuesday for slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) Col....
Iranian Americans fear for safety from possible Iran-deal concession fallout
With reports that Iran has demanded that the Biden administration drop the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—a regime-controlled terrorist entity—from the U.S. State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) as a final condition to re-entering...
Biden administration’s Iran policy failing as Senate rejects appeasement
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected the Biden administration’s outline for a deal with Iran. Members voted 86-12 to approve a motion that opposes the lifting of terrorism sanctions on Iran to limit cooperation...
Biden accepts Bennett’s invitation to visit Israel ‘in coming months’
During a conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. President Joe Biden, Sunday, the President “accepted the Prime Minister’s invitation to visit Israel and announced that he intends to visit Israel in...