Tag: IRGC
Iran exhibits its firepower capability as its confidence on world stage grows
The 12 ballistic missiles fired from an Iranian base at Erbil, in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq, constituted a display of capabilities by the Islamic Republic, which were intended to intimidate but not...
US uncovers Iranian plot to assassinate John Bolton, says report
At least two members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had planned to assassinate former National Security Advisor John Bolton, a U.S. Justice Department official told the Washington Examiner.
The official said evidence exists to indict...
Statue erected to honor slain Iranian commander torched hours following unveiling
Hours after Iran erected a statue to honor the slain Iranian commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, unknown assailants burned it, Iranian media reported on Thursday.
The statue was erected...
Reports name previously unknown senior Quds Force officer ejected by Assad
Recent reports have named a previously unknown senior officer working in Syria on behalf of the Iranian Quds Force, Israel’s Kan news reported on Thursday.
The report, citing an Arabic report by the United States-based Alhura Arabic-language media report,...
Report: Mossad thwarts Iranian attacks against Israelis in Africa
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has thwarted a series of planned Iranian attacks against Israelis in Africa, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
Following the receipt of “accurate intelligence” from “Western intelligence sources,” the security forces of...
Nearly two years after Soleimani assassination, IRGC takes over roles reserved for Quds Force
Some 21 months after a United States drone strike killed Iranian Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, a noticeable shift in the balance of power within the Iranian military system has taken place.
The...
Iran lauds Hezbollah, Hamas attacks on ‘Zionist enemy’
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRCG) praised the head of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah on Saturday for its might in the face of the “Zionist enemy.”
“While the strength of Hezbollah...
Iran ‘working systematically to build serious cyber-attack capabilities’
Recent revelations about Iranian cyber-attack plots serve as the latest confirmation of how seriously Iran takes this arena, a leading Israeli cyber expert has said.
On July 26, Sky News reported that classified documents from Iran “reveal...
The Biden administration has a Raisi problem
Ebrahim Raisi will be sworn in as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic on Thursday. According to the Iranian press, dozens of foreign delegations will attend the ceremony in Tehran, even amid a...
Israel’s UN envoy demands Security Council sanction Iran for maritime attack
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan called on Tuesday for the U.N. Security Council to “condemn and sanction” Iran over an attack on an Israeli-managed oil tanker in the Arabian Sea on July 29.
“Iran’s...