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10 Jan 2020, 10:01 am by Preston Lim
Soleimani was the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, a “special squad focused on overseas operations, among other intelligence missions. [read post]
28 May 2017, 7:00 am by Dina Esfandiary, Ariane Tabatabai
Such action also increases the potential for direct confrontation between Tehran and Washington, given the presence of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps forces in Syria. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by AfshonOstovarGuest
In Syria, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has become one of—if not the—principal architects of Asad’s ground war against the rebellion. [read post]
19 Feb 2021, 5:01 am by Sonja Swanbeck
However, all of the sites published stories generated by the International Union of Virtual Media (IUVM) and the Islamic Radios and Televisions Union (IRTVU)—two media operations sanctioned by the Treasury Department in October for being controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—which was itself controversially designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department in April 2019. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 4:52 am by Beatrice Yahia
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR — REGIONAL RESPONSE Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said it attacked the “spy headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, state media reported last night. [read post]
14 May 2019, 6:08 am by Tyler Cullis, Amir Handjani
Many aspects of it are controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which has recently been designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the State Department. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 5:33 pm by Bruce Zagaris
  The action targets entities affiliated with HAMAS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), al-Qa’ida, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods-Force (IRGC-QF), and combined with actions taken by the State Department amounts to some of the furthest reaching designations of terrorists and their supporters in the past 15 years. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 5:33 pm by Bruce Zagaris
  The action targets entities affiliated with HAMAS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), al-Qa’ida, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods-Force (IRGC-QF), and combined with actions taken by the State Department amounts to some of the furthest reaching designations of terrorists and their supporters in the past 15 years. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 11:13 am by Francesco Navarrini
However, Iran has not reached peak crude oil production levels since 1978, does not produce sufficient natural gas for domestic use, and lacks the refining capacity to meet domestic demand for gasoline.Reuters reports that Iran currently imports up to 40 percent of its gasoline for domestic consumption.SADA Extends US Penalties for Non-US FirmsAccording to its supporters, the SADA aims to further restrict investment in Iran’s energy sector and cut off financing for the Islamic… [read post]
29 Jun 2022, 4:29 am by Emma Snell
At the crux of the remaining issues is whether Iran sets aside, for now, its demand that Washington lifts U.S. terrorism sanctions imposed on Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by the Trump administration. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 5:56 am by Cathryn Grothe
As the current protests erupted, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the military, called on the judiciary to prosecute those who spread “rumors” amid the ongoing unrest. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 6:00 am by Pavel K. Baev
Russian high command had deep reservations about Tehran’s plan to build a structure in Syria resembling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, instead of propping up the unreliable army. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 11:54 am by Geoffrey S. Corn, Chris Jenks
Most commentators have similarly focused on jus ad bellum questions: whether the strike met the requisite standards of imminence, necessity and proportionality and whether Soleimani⁠—the commander of the Quds Force, a military unit within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps specializing in unconventional warfare⁠—qualified as a legitimate military target under the law of armed conflict. [read post]
5 May 2019, 7:00 am by Thomas Juneau
This has only been made more difficult by new measures adopted by the Trump administration, such as the listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, which will be difficult to undo and pose major obstacles to returning to the negotiating table. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 11:07 am by Jordan Brunner
Reuters and the New York Times report that the White House is considering designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 12:23 pm by Jimmy Chalk
” And Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Brigadier General Hossein Salami promised that the “JCPOA will become a thing of the past” should the U.S. fail to hold up its end of the bargain. [read post]
However, had the vulnerability been used to target the internal networks of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, then the decision may well have been different (exploit, don’t disclose to Microsoft), especially if there was intelligence about imminent attacks. [read post]
The government of Canada announced on Oct. 7 that it will impose new sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA). [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 7:01 am by James Petrila, Phil Wasielewski
The closest analogue to Wagner Group, however, is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which was designated as an FTO in April 2019– a designation that drew criticism for several reasons. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 11:19 am by Jordan Brunner
During the test, Iranian General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps airspace division, said that the Iran’s missiles would come down on the country’s enemies if they do wrong. [read post]