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id="toc-Intelligence_organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Size" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Size"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3 Size </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Size-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senior_commanders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senior_commanders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.4 Senior commanders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senior_commanders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iran–Iraq_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iran–Iraq_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.5 Iran–Iraq War </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iran–Iraq_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lebanon_Civil_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lebanon_Civil_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.6 Lebanon Civil War </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lebanon_Civil_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006_Lebanon_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006_Lebanon_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.7 2006 Lebanon War </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006_Lebanon_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006_plane_crash" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006_plane_crash"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.8 2006 plane crash </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006_plane_crash-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Possible_attacks_on_Quds_Force" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Possible_attacks_on_Quds_Force"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.9 Possible attacks on Quds Force </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Possible_attacks_on_Quds_Force-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October_2009_Pishin_bombing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October_2009_Pishin_bombing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.10 October 2009 Pishin bombing </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October_2009_Pishin_bombing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Syria,_2011–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Syria,_2011–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.11 Syria, 2011–present </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Syria,_2011–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iraq,_2014–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iraq,_2014–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.12 Iraq, 2014–present </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iraq,_2014–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014_Israeli_drone_shoot_down" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014_Israeli_drone_shoot_down"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.13 2014 Israeli drone shoot down </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014_Israeli_drone_shoot_down-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.14 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_Operation_inside_Pakistan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_Operation_inside_Pakistan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.15 Special Operation inside Pakistan </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_Operation_inside_Pakistan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Involvement_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Involvement_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.16 Involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Involvement_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April_2024_Iranian_strikes_against_Israel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April_2024_Iranian_strikes_against_Israel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.17 April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April_2024_Iranian_strikes_against_Israel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Influence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Influence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Influence </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Influence-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Influence subsection 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href="#U.S._Department_of_the_Treasury_terrorist_aid_claims"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 U.S. Department of the Treasury terrorist aid claims </div> </a> <ul id="toc-U.S._Department_of_the_Treasury_terrorist_aid_claims-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Corporations_in_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Corporations_in_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.5 Corporations in media </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Corporations_in_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Similar_organizations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Similar_organizations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.6 Similar organizations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Similar_organizations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversy"> <div 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 References </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle References subsection </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 Sources </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Further reading </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8_%DA%AF%D8%A4%D8%B2%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88" title="ایسلامی اینقیلاب گؤزتچیلر اوردوسو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ایسلامی اینقیلاب گؤزتچیلر اوردوسو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="ইসলামি বিপ্লবী রক্ষীবাহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইসলামি বিপ্লবী রক্ষীবাহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" 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data-title="Вартавыя ісламскай рэвалюцыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD)" title="Революционна гвардия (Иран) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Революционна гвардия (Иран)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpus_islamske_revolucionarne_garde" title="Korpus islamske revolucionarne garde – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Korpus islamske revolucionarne garde" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex%C3%A8rcit_dels_gu%C3%A0rdies_de_la_revoluci%C3%B3_isl%C3%A0mica" title="Exèrcit dels guàrdies de la revolució islàmica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Exèrcit dels guàrdies de la revolució islàmica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isl%C3%A1msk%C3%A9_revolu%C4%8Dn%C3%AD_gardy" title="Islámské revoluční gardy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Islámské revoluční gardy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamische_Revolutionsgarde" title="Islamische Revolutionsgarde – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Islamische Revolutionsgarde" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islami_revolutsiooniline_kaardiv%C3%A4gi" title="Islami revolutsiooniline kaardivägi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Islami revolutsiooniline kaardivägi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%83%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Φρουροί της Ισλαμικής Επανάστασης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φρουροί της Ισλαμικής Επανάστασης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuerpos_de_la_Guardia_Revolucionaria_Isl%C3%A1mica" title="Cuerpos de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cuerpos de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeo_de_la_Gardistoj_de_la_Islama_Revolucio" title="Armeo de la Gardistoj de la Islama Revolucio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Armeo de la Gardistoj de la Islama Revolucio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C" title="سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_des_gardiens_de_la_r%C3%A9volution_islamique" title="Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%AC%EB%9E%8C_%ED%98%81%EB%AA%85_%EC%88%98%EB%B9%84%EB%8C%80" title="이슬람 혁명 수비대 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이슬람 혁명 수비대" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakarun_kare_juyin_juya_halin_Musulunci" title="Dakarun kare juyin juya halin Musulunci – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Dakarun kare juyin juya halin Musulunci" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hausa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%BD%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%83%D5%B8%D5%AD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BA%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD" title="Իսլամական հեղափոխության պահապանների կորպուս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իսլամական հեղափոխության պահապանների կորպուս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpus_islamske_revolucionarne_garde" title="Korpus islamske revolucionarne garde – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Korpus islamske revolucionarne garde" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeo_dil_Islamala_Revolucionala_Guardo" title="Armeo dil Islamala Revolucionala Guardo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Armeo dil Islamala Revolucionala Guardo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korps_Garda_Revolusi_Iran" title="Korps Garda Revolusi Iran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Korps Garda Revolusi Iran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpo_delle_guardie_della_rivoluzione_islamica" title="Corpo delle guardie della rivoluzione islamica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Corpo delle guardie della rivoluzione islamica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9B%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA" title="משמרות המהפכה האסלאמית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="משמרות המהפכה האסלאמית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%AA%C5%9Fa_Parastina_%C3%AAn_%C5%9Eore%C5%9Fa_%C3%8Eslam%C3%AE" title="Artêşa Parastina ên Şoreşa Îslamî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Artêşa Parastina ên Şoreşa Îslamî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamo_revoliucin%C4%97_gvardija" title="Islamo revoliucinė gvardija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Islamo revoliucinė gvardija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forradalmi_G%C3%A1rda" title="Forradalmi Gárda – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Forradalmi Gárda" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ഇസ്ലാമിക് റെവല്യൂഷണറി ഗാർഡ് കോർപ്‌സ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇസ്ലാമിക് റെവല്യൂഷണറി ഗാർഡ് കോർപ്‌സ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89" title="الحرس الثورى الايرانى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الحرس الثورى الايرانى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kor_Pengawal_Revolusi_Islam" title="Kor Pengawal Revolusi Islam – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kor Pengawal Revolusi Islam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraanse_Revolutionaire_Garde" title="Iraanse Revolutionaire Garde – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Iraanse Revolutionaire Garde" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%9C" title="इस्लामी क्रान्तिकारी सुरक्षा फौज – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="इस्लामी क्रान्तिकारी सुरक्षा फौज" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0%E9%9D%A9%E5%91%BD%E9%98%B2%E8%A1%9B%E9%9A%8A" title="イスラム革命防衛隊 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イスラム革命防衛隊" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irans_revolusjonsgarde" title="Irans revolusjonsgarde – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Irans revolusjonsgarde" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_iranske_revolusjonsgarden" title="Den iranske revolusjonsgarden – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Den iranske revolusjonsgarden" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islom_inqilobi_gvardiyasi_korpusi" title="Islom inqilobi gvardiyasi korpusi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Islom inqilobi gvardiyasi korpusi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%81_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C" title="سپاہ پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سپاہ پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%DA%81%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9" title="د سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی ځواک – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی ځواک" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target">پښتو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpus_Stra%C5%BCnik%C3%B3w_Rewolucji_Islamskiej" title="Korpus Strażników Rewolucji Islamskiej – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Korpus Strażników Rewolucji Islamskiej" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpo_de_Guardas_da_Revolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Isl%C3%A2mica" title="Corpo de Guardas da Revolução Islâmica – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Corpo de Guardas da Revolução Islâmica" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Корпус стражей исламской революции – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Корпус стражей исламской революции" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamska_revolucionarna_garda" title="Islamska revolucionarna garda – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Islamska revolucionarna garda" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%86%DA%95%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C" title="سوپای پاسدارانی شۆڕشی ئیسلامی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سوپای پاسدارانی شۆڕشی ئیسلامی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Корпус Чувара Исламске револуције – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Корпус Чувара Исламске револуције" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranska_revolucionarna_garda" title="Iranska revolucionarna garda – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Iranska revolucionarna garda" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/IRGC_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="IRGC (disambiguation)">IRGC (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with the Libyan <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Revolutionary Guard Corps">Revolutionary Guard Corps</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/225px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="723" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Seal of IRGC</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><div style="background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px solid black;width:300px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:8px 0 0 8px"><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 8px 8px 0"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/146px-Flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="146" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/219px-Flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/292px-Flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1423" data-file-height="1041" /></a></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 8px 8px 0"><a href="/wiki/File:Ceremonial_flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ceremonial_flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/146px-Ceremonial_flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="146" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ceremonial_flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/219px-Ceremonial_flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ceremonial_flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/292px-Ceremonial_flag_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1423" data-file-height="1041" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="infobox-caption">Official flag (left) and Ceremonial flag (right)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data">وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ [Quran <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quran.com/8?startingVerse=60">8:60</a>] "Prepare against them what you ˹believers˺ can of ˹military˺ power." (<a href="/wiki/Slogan_(heraldry)" title="Slogan (heraldry)">heraldic slogan</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">5 May 1979; 45 years ago (1979-05-05) (established)<a href="#cite_note-Abedin11-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Service branches</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Ground_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Ground Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Force_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Aerospace Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sepahnews.ir">sepahnews.ir</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Commander-in-Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Hossein Salami</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps#Deputy_Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Deputy Commander-in-Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Cdre <a href="/wiki/Ali_Fadavi" title="Ali Fadavi">Ali Fadavi</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></th><td class="infobox-data">≈50,000 (2019), recruited mostly from active members of Basij<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">≈125,000 (2024)<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-IISS2020-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$6.96 billion (2020)<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Kurdish_rebellion_in_Iran" title="1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran">1979 Kurdish rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Khuzestan_insurgency" title="1979 Khuzestan insurgency">1979 Khuzestan insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanker_war" title="Tanker war">Tanker war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War" title="Lebanese Civil War">Lebanese Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Israel proxy conflict">Iran–Israel proxy conflict</a> (1985-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDPI_insurgency_(1989%E2%80%931996)" title="KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)">KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_invasion_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="US invasion of Afghanistan">US invasion of Afghanistan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_uprising_in_Herat" title="2001 uprising in Herat">2001 uprising in Herat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochistan_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Balochistan conflict">Balochistan conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War" title="2006 Lebanon War">2006 Lebanon War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93PJAK_conflict" title="Iran–PJAK conflict">Iran–PJAK conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests" title="2009 Iranian presidential election protests">2009 Iranian presidential election protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Bahrain" title="Insurgency in Bahrain">Insurgency in Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war">Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)">Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Iran_clashes_(2016%E2%80%93present)" title="Western Iran clashes (2016–present)">Western Iran clashes (2016–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_and_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Iranian intervention in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacks_on_U.S._bases_in_Iraq,_Jordan,_and_Syria_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war">Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2024_Iranian_strikes_against_Israel" title="April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel">April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2024_Iranian_strikes_against_Israel" title="October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel">October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rank_insignia_of_the_Iranian_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Rank insignia of the Iranian military">Rank insignia of the Iranian military</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups" title="List of designated terrorist groups">Designated as a terrorist group</a> by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> (IRGC-QF only)<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmī, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr> 'Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution'), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> is a multi-service primary branch of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces">Iranian Armed Forces</a>. It was officially established by <a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Ruhollah Khomeini</a> as a military branch in May 1979 in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Abedin11-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-IISS-17">[17]</a> Whereas the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Iranian Army</a> protects the country's sovereignty in a traditional capacity, the IRGC's constitutional mandate is to ensure the integrity of the <a href="/wiki/Khomeinism" title="Khomeinism">Islamic Republic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Most interpretations of this mandate assert that it entrusts the IRGC with preventing foreign interference in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, thwarting coups by the traditional military, and crushing "deviant movements" that harm the ideological legacy of the Islamic Revolution.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Currently, the IRGC is designated as a terrorist organization by <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-22">[22]</a> As of 2024<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps&action=edit">[update]</a>, the IRGC had approximately 125,000 total personnel. The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Navy" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy">IRGC Navy</a> is now Iran's primary force exercising operational control over the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>.<a href="#cite_note-globalbearings1-23">[23]</a> The IRGC's <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a>, a paramilitary volunteer militia, has about 90,000 active personnel.<a href="#cite_note-Abrahamian,_Ervand_p.175-6-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-rferl-25">[25]</a> It operates a media arm, known as "Sepah News" within Iran.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> On 16 March 2022, it adopted a new independent branch called the "Command for the Protection and Security of Nuclear Centres" involved with <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Iran's nuclear programme</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Originating as an ideological militia, the IRGC has taken a greater role in nearly every aspect of Iranian politics and society. In 2010, <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> described the organization as an "Empire".<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> described it as "an industrial empire with political clout".<a href="#cite_note-rhafez-29">[29]</a> IRGC's expanded social, political, military, and economic role under <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a>—especially during the <a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2009 Iranian presidential election">2009 presidential election</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests" title="2009 Iranian presidential election protests">suppression of post-election protests</a>—has led many <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western analysts</a> to argue that it has surpassed even the country's <a href="/wiki/Guardianship_of_the_Islamic_Jurist" title="Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist">ruling clerical class</a> in terms of political power.<a href="#cite_note-NYT20090721-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC20090721-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-stratfor-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-abdo-33">[33]</a> Since 2019, <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Hossein Salami</a> has served as the IRGC's incumbent commander-in-chief.<a href="#cite_note-gladnyt-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-rhafez-29">[29]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2></div> Government organizations in Iran are commonly known by one-word names (that generally denote their function) rather than acronyms or shortened versions, and the general populace universally refers to the IRGC as Sepâh (سپاه) (<a href="/wiki/Sepoy" title="Sepoy">Sepoy</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sipahi" title="Sipahi">Sipahi</a>). Sepâh has a historical connotation of soldiers, while in modern Persian it is also used to describe a corps-sized unit – in modern Persian Artesh (ارتش) is the more standard term for an army. Pâsdârân (پاسداران) is the plural form of Pâsdâr (پاسدار), meaning "Guardian", and members of Sepah are known as Pāsdār, which is also their title and comes after <a href="/wiki/Rank_Insignia_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Rank Insignia of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">their rank</a>. Apart from the name Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> the Iranian Government, media, and those who identify with the organization generally use Sepāh-e Pâsdârân (Army of the Guardians), although it is not uncommon to hear Pâsdârân-e Enghelâb (پاسداران انقلاب) (Guardians of the Revolution), or simply Pâsdârân (پاسداران) (Guardians) as well. Among the Iranian population, and especially among diaspora Iranians, using the word Pasdaran indicates hatred or admiration for the organization. Most foreign governments and the English-speaking mass media tend to use the term Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) or simply the Revolutionary Guards.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In the US media, the force is frequently referred to interchangeably as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> The US government standard is Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> while the United Nations uses Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Ground Forces">Ground Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Aerospace_Force" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force">Aerospace Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Navy" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy">Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Intelligence agencies</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Intelligence Organization</a> <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Protection_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Intelligence Protection Organization</a></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Personnel</th></tr><tr><td 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It is responsible for internal and border security, law enforcement, and also <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">Iran's missile forces</a>. IRGC operations are geared towards <a href="/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare" title="Asymmetric warfare">asymmetric warfare</a> and less traditional duties. These include the control of smuggling, control of the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" title="Strait of Hormuz">Strait of Hormuz</a>, and resistance operations.<a href="#cite_note-janesprofile-45">[45]</a> The IRGC is intended to complement the more traditional role of the regular Iranian military, with the two forces operating separately and focusing on different operational roles.<a href="#cite_note-janesprofile-45">[45]</a> The IRGC is a combined arms force with <a href="/wiki/Ground_Forces_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Forces of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">its own ground forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navy_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">navy</a>,<a href="#cite_note-globalbearings1-23">[23]</a> <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Force_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">air force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Organization_of_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelligence Organization of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">intelligence</a>,<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_Iran#Revolutionary_Guards" title="Special forces of Iran">special forces</a>. It also controls the <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a> militia. The Basij is a volunteer-based force, with 90,000 regular soldiers and 300,000 reservists. The IRGC is officially recognized as a component of the Iranian military under Article 150 of the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Constitution">Iranian Constitution</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> It is separate from, and parallel to, the other arm of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>'s military, which is called <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Artesh</a> (another Persian word for an army). Especially in the waters of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>, the IRGC is expected to assume control of any Iranian response to attacks on its nuclear facilities.<a href="#cite_note-globalbearings1-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_and_structure">History and structure</h3></div> The IRGC was formed on 5 May 1979<a href="#cite_note-ostovar-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a> of 1979 in an effort to consolidate several paramilitary forces into a single force loyal to the new government and to function as a counter to the influence and power of the regular military, initially seen as a potential source of opposition because of its traditional loyalty to the Shah. From the beginning of the new Islamic government, the Pasdaran (Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami) functioned as a corps of the faithful. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic entrusted the defense of Iran's territorial integrity and political independence to <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Army">the regular military (artesh)</a>, while it gave the Pasdaran the responsibility of preserving the Revolution itself.<a href="#cite_note-CFR-50">[50]</a> Days after Ayatollah <a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini%27s_return" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhollah Khomeini's return">Ruhollah Khomeini's return</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> on 1 February 1979, <a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Bazargan" title="Mehdi Bazargan">Mehdi Bazargan</a>'s interim administration established the Pasdaran under a decree issued by <a href="/wiki/Khomeini" class="mw-redirect" title="Khomeini">Khomeini</a> on 5 May. The Pasdaran was intended to protect the Revolution and to assist the ruling clerics in the day-to-day enforcement of the new government's Islamic codes and morality. There were other, perhaps more important, reasons for establishing the Pasdaran. The Revolution needed to rely on a force of its own rather than borrowing the previous regime's tainted units. As one of the first revolutionary institutions, the Pasdaran helped legitimize the Revolution and gave the new government an armed basis of support. Moreover, the establishment of the Pasdaran served notice to both the population and the regular armed forces that the Khomeini government was quickly developing its own enforcement body.<a href="#cite_note-CFR-50">[50]</a> Thus, the Pasdaran, along with its political counterpart, Crusade for Reconstruction, brought a new order to Iran. In time, the Pasdaran would rival the police and the judiciary in terms of its functions. <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IRGC_naval_execise-2015_(11).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/IRGC_naval_execise-2015_%2811%29.jpg/228px-IRGC_naval_execise-2015_%2811%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="228" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/IRGC_naval_execise-2015_%2811%29.jpg/342px-IRGC_naval_execise-2015_%2811%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/IRGC_naval_execise-2015_%2811%29.jpg/456px-IRGC_naval_execise-2015_%2811%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="729" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>IRGC's naval special forces of <a href="/wiki/Sepah_Navy_Special_Force" title="Sepah Navy Special Force">S.N.S.F.</a> during <a href="/wiki/Great_Prophet_IX" title="Great Prophet IX">Great Prophet IX</a>.</figcaption></figure> Although the IRGC operated independently of the regular armed forces, it was often considered to be a military force in its own right due to its important role in Iranian defense. The IRGC consists of ground, naval, and aviation troops, which parallel the structure of the regular military. The Pasdaran was "given control of Iran's ballistic missile program in both missile employment and development.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Also contained under the umbrella of the more conventional Pasdaran, were the Basij Forces (Mobilization Resistance Force), a network of potentially up to a million active individuals who could be called upon in times of need. The Basij could be committed to assist in the defense of the country against internal or external threats, but by 2008 had also been deployed in mobilizing voters in elections and alleged tampering during such activities. Another element was the <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a>, a special forces element tasked with unconventional warfare roles and known to be involved in providing assistance and training to various militant organizations around the world.<a href="#cite_note-CFR-50">[50]</a> The Pasdaran is closely associated with Supreme Leader Khamenei who came to power in 1989, and used the Pasdaran to build support. Reportedly he reached "far down into the ranks and appointed new colonels and brigadiers. 'Khamenei micromanages the whole system, so everyone is loyal to him, He is hyperactive. He knows every low-ranking commander and even the names of their children'", according to Mehdi Khalaji of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.<a href="#cite_note-Filkins-iran-5-18-2020-52">[52]</a> The Basij and Pasdaran were instrumental in crushing the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Green_Movement" title="Iranian Green Movement">Green Movement</a>, and this power gave them political supremecy in Iran. According to at least one source (Abbas Milani, the director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford), the regime "clearly ... believed it was going to lose control, and the IRGC and the Basij saved the day. The result is that the IRGC now has the upper hand. Khamenei knows that without the IRGC he'd be out of a job in twenty-four hours."<a href="#cite_note-Filkins-NYer-24-5-2020-53">[53]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_(152).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/2019_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_%28152%29.jpg/220px-2019_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_%28152%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/2019_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_%28152%29.jpg/330px-2019_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_%28152%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/2019_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_%28152%29.jpg/440px-2019_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_%28152%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Toofan_(MRAP)" title="Toofan (MRAP)">Toofan</a> <a href="/wiki/MRAP" class="mw-redirect" title="MRAP">MRAPs</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Defence_Week" title="Sacred Defence Week">Sacred Defense Parade</a>, 2019.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Rahim_Safavi" title="Yahya Rahim Safavi">Yahya Rahim Safavi</a>, head of the IRGC since 1997, was dismissed as commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards in August 2007. The dismissal of Safavi disrupted the balance of power in Iran to the advantage of conservatives. Analysis in the international press considered the removal of Safavi to be a sign of change in the defense strategies of Iran, but the general policies of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps are not personally determined by its commander.<a href="#cite_note-CFR-50">[50]</a> Iran's top nuclear scientist, <a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Fakhrizadeh" title="Mohsen Fakhrizadeh">Mohsen Fakhrizadeh</a>, was assassinated in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, Iran on 27 November 2020. Fakhrizadeh was believed to be the primary force behind Iran's covert nuclear program for many decades. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a> reported that Israel's Mossad was behind that attack and that <a href="/wiki/Mick_Mulroy" class="mw-redirect" title="Mick Mulroy">Mick Mulroy</a>, the former Deputy Defense Secretary for the Middle East said the death of Fakhirizadeh was "a setback to Iran's nuclear program" and he was also a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and that "will magnify Iran's desire to respond by force."<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> The Corps have occasionally distributed food aid packages.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_structure">Military structure</h3></div> In late July 2008, reports originating that the IRGC was in the process of dramatically changing its structure. In a shake-up, in September 2008 Iran's Revolutionary Guards established 31 divisions and an autonomous missile command. The new structure changes the IRGC from a centralized to a decentralized force with 31 provincial corps, whose commanders wield extensive authority and power. According to the plan, each of Iran's thirty provinces will have a provincial corps, except Tehran Province, which will have two.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cyber_Security_Command_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps">Cyber Security Command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guards_Corps_Cyber_Security_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Cyber Security Command">Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Cyber Security Command</a></div> In 2007 command for cyber security was established part of cyberdefense of IRGC. It was renamed in 2014, abbreviated GCDC or CIOC.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Persistent_Threat_34" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Persistent Threat 34">Advanced Persistent Threat 34</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Joint_Staff">Joint Staff</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Joint_Staff" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Basij">Basij</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:18-Karar_tank_-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/18-Karar_tank_-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg/220px-18-Karar_tank_-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/18-Karar_tank_-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg/330px-18-Karar_tank_-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/18-Karar_tank_-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg/440px-18-Karar_tank_-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="767" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Karrar_(tank)" title="Karrar (tank)">Karrar</a> <a href="/wiki/Main_battle_tank" title="Main battle tank">main battle tank</a> of the IRGC-GF, participating in the Great Prophet XVII military exercise.</figcaption></figure> Basij Mustazafin were initially separate organization but were merged in 1980 into Corps and merged to its land forces since 2008.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> The Basij is a paramilitary volunteer militia or "plainclothes militia" founded by the order of the <a href="/wiki/Ayatollah_Khomeini" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayatollah Khomeini">Ayatollah Khomeini</a> in November 1979. On November 4, 1979, in an address to the Revolutionary Guards during the <a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis</a>, Khomeini ordered the creation of an army of "twenty million Iranians" (Artesh-e bis million), proclaiming: <blockquote>Equip yourself, get military training and train your friends. Give military training to those who are not trained. In an Islamic country, everyone should be a soldier and have military training. ... a country with 20 million young people [should have] 20 million riflemen, an army of 20 million"<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></blockquote> This pronouncement and Article 151 of the constitution, which calls for the government to "provide a program of military training, with all requisite facilities, for all its citizens, in accordance with the Islamic criteria, in such a way that all citizens will always be able to engage in the armed defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran," are believed to refer to the Basij.<a href="#cite_note-USIoP-62">[62]</a> While "Iranian official estimates sometime put their total part-time and full-time strength at more than 20 million", others estimate the Basij as having "a core strength of 90,000, and up to 600,000" (CSIS, 11 January 2018, p. 4); at 100,000 with "hundreds of thousands of additional Basij could be mobilized in the event or an all-out war" (CRS, 23 May 2018, p. 18).<a href="#cite_note-CFR-50">[50]</a> The Basij are "the most visible symbol" of the Pasdaran's strength, whose members "can be seen on street corners in every Iranian city".<a href="#cite_note-Filkins-iran-5-18-2020-52">[52]</a> They are (at least in theory) subordinate to, and receive their orders from, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. However they have also been described as "a loosely allied group of organizations" including "many groups controlled by local clerics." Currently, the Basij serve as an auxiliary force engaged in activities such as internal security as well as law enforcement auxiliary, the providing of social service, organizing of public religious ceremonies, and as <a href="/wiki/Islamic_religious_police" title="Islamic religious police">morality police</a> and the suppression of dissident gatherings. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Quds_Force">Quds Force</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a></div> The elite <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a> (or Jerusalem Force), sometimes described as the successor to the <a href="/wiki/Shah_Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi">Shah</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Imperial_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Imperial Guard">Imperial Guards</a>, is estimated to be 2,000–5,000 in number.<a href="#cite_note-Abrahamian,_Ervand_p.175-6-24">[24]</a> It is a special operations unit, handling activities abroad.<a href="#cite_note-rhafez-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-ReutersQA-63">[63]</a> The force basically does not engage directly.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aerospace_Force">Aerospace Force</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Force_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qased_SLV_first_launch_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Qased_SLV_first_launch_02.jpg/230px-Qased_SLV_first_launch_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Qased_SLV_first_launch_02.jpg/345px-Qased_SLV_first_launch_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Qased_SLV_first_launch_02.jpg/460px-Qased_SLV_first_launch_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Launch of the <a href="/wiki/Qased_(rocket)" title="Qased (rocket)">Qased</a> SLV.</figcaption></figure> The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> (IRGCASF; <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: niru-ye havâfazây-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi, officially acronymed NEHSA)[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] is the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic missile">strategic missile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Space_force" title="Space force">space force</a> within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. It was renamed from the IRGC Air Force into the IRGC Aerospace Force in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Its 15,000 personnel man around 80 aircraft and operates several thousand short- and medium-range mobile ballistic missiles, including the Shahab-3/3B with a range of up to 2,100 kilometers. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Navy">Navy</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Navy_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IRIS_FS313-01_Shahid_Soleimani_in_2022_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/IRIS_FS313-01_Shahid_Soleimani_in_2022_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade.jpg/229px-IRIS_FS313-01_Shahid_Soleimani_in_2022_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade.jpg" decoding="async" width="229" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/IRIS_FS313-01_Shahid_Soleimani_in_2022_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade.jpg/344px-IRIS_FS313-01_Shahid_Soleimani_in_2022_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/IRIS_FS313-01_Shahid_Soleimani_in_2022_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade.jpg/458px-IRIS_FS313-01_Shahid_Soleimani_in_2022_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Iranian_corvette_Shahid_Soleimani" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian corvette Shahid Soleimani">FS313-01 Shahid Soleimani</a> in 2022 during the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Defence_Week" title="Sacred Defence Week">Sacred Defence Week</a> parade.</figcaption></figure> IRGC started naval operations using mainly swarm tactics and speedboats during "<a href="/wiki/Tanker_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanker War">Tanker War</a>" phase of the Iran–Iraq War. IRGC Navy and the regular <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Navy">Artesh Navy</a> overlap functions and areas of responsibility, but they are distinct in terms of how they are trained and equipped—and more importantly also in how they fight. The Revolutionary Guards Navy has a large inventory of small fast attack craft, and specializes in <a href="/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare" title="Asymmetric warfare">asymmetric</a> <a href="/wiki/Hit-and-run_tactic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hit-and-run tactic">hit-and-run tactics</a>. It is more akin to a <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">guerrilla</a> force at sea, and maintains large arsenals of coastal defense and anti-ship cruise missiles and mines.<a href="#cite_note-The_Iran_Primer-66">[66]</a> It has also a <a href="/wiki/Takavar" class="mw-redirect" title="Takavar">Takavar</a> (special force) unit, called <a href="/wiki/Sepah_Navy_Special_Force" title="Sepah Navy Special Force">Sepah Navy Special Force</a> (S.N.S.F.). The navy received 750 new ships 2024 July.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ground_forces">Ground forces</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ground_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nuclear_forces">Nuclear forces</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Command_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear Command Corps">Nuclear Command Corps</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Intelligence_organization">Intelligence organization</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For broader coverage of this topic, see <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a>.</div> Corps Intelligence directorate are accused of meddling in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2021 Iranian presidential election">2021 Iranian presidential election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Size">Size</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IRGC-AF_SRBMs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IRGC-AF_SRBMs.jpg/230px-IRGC-AF_SRBMs.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IRGC-AF_SRBMs.jpg/345px-IRGC-AF_SRBMs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IRGC-AF_SRBMs.jpg/460px-IRGC-AF_SRBMs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/IRGC_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="IRGC Air Force">IRGC Aerospace Force</a> missiles at an IRGC exhibition in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, shows <a href="/wiki/Shahab-1" title="Shahab-1">Shahab-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahab-2" title="Shahab-2">Shahab-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zolfaghar_(missile)" title="Zolfaghar (missile)">Zolfaghar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dezful_(missile)" title="Dezful (missile)">Dezful</a>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Navy_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Aerospace_Force_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="List of aircraft of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">List of aircraft of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></div> The 2020 edition of The Military Balance, published by <a href="/wiki/IISS" class="mw-redirect" title="IISS">IISS</a>, says the IRGC has about 190,000 active personnel and controls the Basij on mobilisation (as much as 40,000 active paramilitary forces).<a href="#cite_note-IISS2020-5">[5]</a> It estimates the Ground Force is 150,000 strong and the Aerospace Force, which controls Iran's strategic-missile force, has some 15,000 personnel.<a href="#cite_note-IISS2020-5">[5]</a> The Naval Forces are estimated to size at least 20,000, including 5,000 <a href="/wiki/Marine_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine (military)">Marines</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IISS2020-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senior_commanders">Senior commanders</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_senior_officers_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="List of senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">List of senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></div> <ul><li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Hossein Salami</a> (Commander-in-chief)</li> <li>Commodore <a href="/wiki/Ali_Fadavi" title="Ali Fadavi">Ali Fadavi</a> (Second-in-command)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Pakpour" title="Mohammad Pakpour">Mohammad Pakpour</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ground_Forces_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Forces of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">Revolutionary Guards' Ground Forces</a>)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Amir_Ali_Hajizadeh" title="Amir Ali Hajizadeh">Amir Ali Hajizadeh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Force_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force</a>)</li> <li>Commodore <a href="/wiki/Alireza_Tangsiri" title="Alireza Tangsiri">Alireza Tangsiri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Navy_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution">Revolutionary Guards' Navy</a>)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Gholamreza_Soleimani" title="Gholamreza Soleimani">Gholamreza Soleimani</a> (Commander of the Mobilized <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a> forces)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Esmail_Qaani" title="Esmail Qaani">Esmail Qaani</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iran–Iraq_War">Iran–Iraq War</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon_Civil_War">Lebanon Civil War</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War" title="1982 Lebanon War">1982 Lebanon War</a></div> During the <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War" title="Lebanese Civil War">Lebanese Civil War</a>, the IRGC allegedly sent troops to train fighters in response to the <a href="/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War" title="1982 Lebanon War">1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> In Lebanon, political parties had staunch opinions regarding the IRGC's presence. Some, mainly the Christian militias such as the <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Forces" title="Lebanese Forces">Lebanese Forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kataeb_Party" title="Kataeb Party">Phalanges</a>, and most of the Christian groups declared war on the IRGC, claiming they violated Lebanese sovereignty, while others, including Muslim militias, were neutral to their presence. Groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Socialist_Party" title="Progressive Socialist Party">PSP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mourabiton" class="mw-redirect" title="Mourabiton">Mourabiton</a> did not approve of their presence, but to preserve political alliances they decided to remain silent on the matter. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_Lebanon_War">2006 Lebanon War</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War" title="2006 Lebanon War">2006 Lebanon War</a></div> During the <a href="/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War" title="2006 Lebanon War">2006 Lebanon War</a>, several Iranian Revolutionary Guards were reportedly killed by Israeli forces in <a href="/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek">Baalbek</a>, a town close to the Syrian border.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Israeli officials believe that Iranian Revolutionary Guards forces were responsible for training and equipping the <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> fighters behind the missile attack on the <a href="/wiki/INS_Hanit" title="INS Hanit">INS Hanit</a> which left four Israeli sailors dead and seriously damaged the vessel.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_plane_crash">2006 plane crash</h3></div> In January 2006, an IRGC <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="Dassault Falcon">Falcon</a> crashed near <a href="/wiki/Urmia" title="Urmia">Oroumieh</a>, about 560 miles northwest of Tehran, near the Turkish border, Iranian media reported. All fifteen passengers died, including twelve senior IRGC commanders. Among the dead was General <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Kazemi" title="Ahmad Kazemi">Ahmad Kazemi</a>, the IRGC ground forces commander, and <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a> veteran.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, spokesman for the IRGC, told state radio that both of the plane's engines had failed, its landing gear had jammed, and there was snow and poor visibility at the time.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Possible_attacks_on_Quds_Force">Possible attacks on Quds Force</h3></div> On 7 July 2008, investigative journalist and author <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Hersh" title="Seymour Hersh">Seymour Hersh</a> wrote an article in <a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a> stating that the Bush Administration had signed a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_finding" title="Presidential finding">presidential finding</a> authorizing the <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Special_Activities_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Activities Division">Special Activities Division</a> to begin cross border paramilitary operations from Iraq and Afghanistan into Iran. These operations would be against the <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a>, the commando arm of the IRGC that had been blamed for repeated acts of violence in Iraq, and "high-value targets" in the war on terror.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2009_Pishin_bombing">October 2009 Pishin bombing</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2009_Pishin_bombing" title="2009 Pishin bombing">2009 Pishin bombing</a></div> In October 2009, several top commanders of the Revolutionary Guards were killed in a suicide bombing in the <a href="/wiki/Pishin,_Iran" title="Pishin, Iran">Pishin</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Sistan-Baluchistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sistan-Baluchistan">Sistan-Baluchistan</a>, in the south-east of Iran. The Iranian state television said 31 people died in the attack, and more than 25 were injured. Shia and Sunni tribal leaders were also killed. The Sunni <a href="/wiki/Baloch_people" title="Baloch people">Baluchi</a> insurgent group <a href="/wiki/Jundallah_(Iran)" title="Jundallah (Iran)">Jundullah</a> claimed responsibility for the attack. The Iranian government initially blamed the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> for involvement in the attacks,<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> for their alleged support of the Jundallah group.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> The United States denied involvement,<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> but some reports of US assistance to Jundallah during the Bush administration have come from Western sources.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> The attacks appear to have originated in Pakistan and several suspects have been arrested.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Syria,_2011–present">Syria, 2011–present</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iranian_support_for_Syria_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian support for Syria in the Syrian Civil War">Iranian support</a></div> Prior to the Syrian war, Iran had between 2,000 and 3,000 IRGC officers stationed in Syria, helping to train local troops and managing supply routes of arms and money to neighboring Lebanon.<a href="#cite_note-IranBoostY4telegraph-81">[81]</a> General Qa'ani, Senior officer of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, said: "If the Islamic Republic was not present in Syria, the massacre of civilians would have been twice as bad. Had physically and non-physically stopped the rebels from killing many more among the Syrian people."<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers, along with fellow <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shi'ite</a> forces from Hezbollah and members of Iran's Basij militia participated in the capture of Qusair from rebel forces on 9 June 2013.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In 2014, Iran increased its deployment of IRGC in Syria.<a href="#cite_note-IranBoostY4telegraph-81">[81]</a> By late 2015, 194 IRGC troops had been killed in Syria; almost all of these soldiers were officers, with several even reaching the rank of Brigadier.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> Additionally, 354 Afghan combatants had died<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-losses-88">[88]</a> who were fighting under the command of the IRGC, as part of the IRGC-equipped and trained <a href="/wiki/Liwa_Fatemiyoun" title="Liwa Fatemiyoun">Fatemiyoun Brigade</a>, which is part of <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah_Afghanistan" title="Hezbollah Afghanistan">Hezbollah Afghanistan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-iransafghan-89">[89]</a> Another 21 Pakistanis also died as part of the <a href="/wiki/Liwa_Zainebiyoun" title="Liwa Zainebiyoun">Zainabiyoun Brigade</a>.<a href="#cite_note-losses-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> The Afghan and Pakistani immigrants volunteered to go to Syria in exchange for salaries and citizenship. The Afghans were recruited largely from refugees inside Iran, and usually had combat experience before joining the IRGC; their status as members of the Iranian military is only vaguely acknowledged and sometimes denied, despite the troops being uniformed fighters led by IRGC officers. They were trained and equipped in Iran, paid salaries by the Iranian military, and received state funerals involving uniformed IRGC personnel.<a href="#cite_note-iransafghan-89">[89]</a> Mid to late October 2015 was particularly bloody for the IRGC, due to them stepping up their involvement in offensives around <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>. During this time, 30 IRGC officers, including "three generals, battalion commanders, captains and lieutenants" and "one pilot" were killed in fighting in Syria, as were several Afghan and Pakistani auxiliaries.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-memri-10-30-15-92">[92]</a> The fallen included General <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Hamadani" title="Hossein Hamadani">Hossein Hamadani</a>,<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Farshad Hosounizadeh (IRGC colonel and former commander of the Saberin Special Forces Brigade), Mostafa Sadrzadeh (commander of the Omar Battalion of the Fatmiyoon Brigade), and Hamid Mojtaba Mokhtarband (IRGC commander).<a href="#cite_note-memri-10-30-15-92">[92]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq,_2014–present">Iraq, 2014–present</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Iranian_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)">Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)</a> and <a href="/wiki/International_military_intervention_against_ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="International military intervention against ISIL">International military intervention against ISIL</a></div> Two battalions of Revolutionary Guards were reported to be operating in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> trying to combat the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Iraq_offensive_(June_2014)" title="Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)">2014 Northern Iraq offensive</a>.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> The IRGC is considered to be a principle backer of the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Mobilization_Forces" title="Popular Mobilization Forces">Popular Mobilization Forces</a>, a loose coalition of <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a">Shi'a</a> militias allied with the Iraqi government in its fight against the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and Syria</a> (ISIS). Major General <a href="/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani" title="Qasem Soleimani">Qasem Soleimani</a> was an instrumental force in the Iranian ground mission in Iraq against <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">ISIS</a>, purportedly planning the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Tikrit" title="Second Battle of Tikrit">Second Battle of Tikrit</a>.<a href="#cite_note-theg-95">[95]</a> In December 2014, Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Taqavi" title="Hamid Taqavi">Hamid Taqavi</a>, a veteran of the 1980–1988 <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>, was killed by snipers in <a href="/wiki/Samarra" title="Samarra">Samarra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> In May 2017, Shaaban Nassiri, a senior IRGC commander was killed in combat near Mosul, Iraq.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> In December 2019, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> conducted airstrikes on weapons caches and facilities of the IRGC-sponsored militant group <a href="/wiki/Kata%27ib_Hezbollah" title="Kata'ib Hezbollah">Kata'ib Hezbollah</a>. In retaliation, the group attacked the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad" title="Embassy of the United States, Baghdad">U.S. Embassy in Baghdad</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Green_Zone" title="Green Zone">Green Zone</a>.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> On 3 January 2020, Soleimani was killed in a <a href="/wiki/2020_Baghdad_International_Airport_airstrike" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike">U.S. drone strike</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baghdad_International_Airport" title="Baghdad International Airport">Baghdad International Airport</a> along with the PMF commander <a href="/wiki/Abu_Mahdi_al-Muhandis" title="Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis">Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_Israeli_drone_shoot_down">2014 Israeli drone shoot down</h3></div> Iran revolutionary guards said that they had shot down an Israeli drone approaching the <a href="/wiki/Natanz_nuclear_facility" class="mw-redirect" title="Natanz nuclear facility">Natanz nuclear facility</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Aljazeera_drone-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC_drone-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_drone-103">[103]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Students_News_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Students News Agency">ISNA</a>, "The downed aircraft was of the stealth, radar-evasive type ... and was targeted by a ground-to-air missile before it managed to enter the area."<a href="#cite_note-Aljazeera_drone-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_drone-103">[103]</a> The statement by revolutionary guards did not mention how they recognized it as an Israeli drone. Israel offered no comment.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_drone-102">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752">Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752</h3></div> Iranian authorities initially denied responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752" title="Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752">Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752</a> incident. However, the IRGC later admitted that the plane had been shot down by mistake.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Force_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> took "full responsibility" for unintentionally shooting down the airplane with a surface-to-air missile on 8 January 2020.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> President <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a> stated that the plane was approaching an IRGC base when it was shot down: according to a senior Revolutionary Guards commander, the plane was mistaken for a cruise missile.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> On 17 January 2020, the IRGC were protected by <a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a> in the Friday sermon. He said that the downing was a "bitter" tragedy and additionally declared that "Iran's enemies" used the crash and the military's admission to "weaken" the IRGC.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Operation_inside_Pakistan">Special Operation inside Pakistan</h3></div> On 3 February 2021, IRGC announced that it had conducted an intelligence-based operation inside Pakistani territory to rescue two of its border guards who were taken as hostages by <a href="/wiki/Jaish_ul-Adl" title="Jaish ul-Adl">Jaish ul-Adl</a> organization two and a half years ago.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Involvement_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war">Involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war</h3></div> On 21 October 2022, a White House press release stated that <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces">Iranian troops</a> were in Crimea assisting Russia in launching <a href="/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_(2022%E2%80%93present)" title="Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)">drone attacks</a> against civilians and civilian infrastructure.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> On 24 November, Ukrainian officials said the military had killed ten Iranians and would target any further Iranian military presence in Ukraine.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> The Institute for the Study of War assessed that these are likely Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or IRGC-affiliated personnel, as this formation is the primary operator of Iranian drones.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2024_Iranian_strikes_against_Israel">April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel</h3></div> On 13 April 2024, the IRGC, in collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Resistance_in_Iraq" title="Islamic Resistance in Iraq">Islamic Resistance in Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Ansar_Allah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ansar Allah">Ansar Allah (Houthis)</a>, <a href="/wiki/April_2024_Iranian_strikes_against_Israel" title="April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel">launched retaliatory attacks</a> against <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Golan_Heights" title="Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights">Israeli-occupied</a> <a href="/wiki/Golan_Heights" title="Golan Heights">Golan Heights</a> with <a href="/wiki/Loitering_munition" title="Loitering munition">loitering munitions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cruise_missile" title="Cruise missile">cruise missiles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile" title="Ballistic missile">ballistic missiles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post-2024a-112">[112]</a> It was retaliation for the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Iranian_embassy_in_Damascus" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus">Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus</a> on 1 April,<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> which killed two Iranian generals.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> The strike was seen as a <a href="/wiki/Spillover_of_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war">spillover</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a> and marked Iran's first direct attack on Israel since the start of <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Israel proxy conflict">their proxy conflict</a>.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> The attack was the largest attempted <a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">drone strike</a> in history,<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera_041424-117">[117]</a> intended to overwhelm anti-aircraft defenses. It was the first time since <a href="/wiki/1991_Iraqi_missile_attacks_against_Israel" title="1991 Iraqi missile attacks against Israel">Iraq's 1991 missile strikes</a> that Israel was directly attacked by a state force.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political">Political</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks" style="border: 4px double #154E9D; 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text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Ideologies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authoritarian_conservatism#Iran" title="Authoritarian conservatism">Authoritarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Iran" title="Monarchism in Iran">Monarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_conservatism" title="National conservatism">National</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deviant_current" title="Deviant current">Deviant current</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_conservatism" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious conservatism">Religious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islamism" title="Shia Islamism">Shia Islamism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism_in_Iran" title="Islamic fundamentalism in Iran">Fundamentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khomeinism" title="Khomeinism">Khomeinism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_principlists" title="Iranian principlists">Principlist</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Principles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-communism" title="Anti-communism">Anti-communism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Mojahedin_Organization_of_Iran#Terrorist_designation" title="People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran">Anti-MEK</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Arabism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Arabism">Anti-Arabism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Kurdism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Kurdism">Anti-Kurdism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authority" title="Authority">Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duty" title="Duty">Duty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elitism" title="Elitism">Elitism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Familialism" title="Familialism">Familialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_stratification" title="Social stratification">Hierarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_and_order_(politics)" title="Law and order (politics)">Law and order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militarism" title="Militarism">Militarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriotism" title="Patriotism">Patriotism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_order" title="Social order">Social order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">Sovereignty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tradition" title="Tradition">Tradition</a></li></ul> <hr /> Principlist groups <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-American_sentiment_in_Iran" title="Anti-American sentiment in Iran">Anti-Americanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-imperialism" title="Anti-imperialism">Anti-imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Sunnism" title="Anti-Sunnism">Anti-Sunnism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Zionism#Islamism" title="Anti-Zionism">Anti-Zionism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_antisemitism#Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of antisemitism">Antisemitism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clericalism_in_Iran" title="Clericalism in Iran">Clericalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">Homophobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misogyny" title="Misogyny">Misogyny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism" title="Republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Sharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">Theocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelver_Shi%27ism" title="Twelver Shi'ism">Twelver Shi'ism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guardianship_of_the_Islamic_Jurist" title="Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist">Vilayat Faqih</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> Monarchist groups <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-clericalism" title="Anti-clericalism">Anti-clericalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_nationalism" title="Iranian nationalism">Iranian nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalism">Royalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_state" title="Secular state">Secular state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westernization" title="Westernization">Westernization</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi dynasty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1953 Iranian coup d'état">1953 Iranian coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Revolution" title="White Revolution">White Revolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%ADs" title="Persecution of Baháʼís">Persecution of Baháʼís</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_conversion_of_Iran_to_Shia_Islam" title="Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam">Safavid conversion to Shia Islam</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Intellectuals</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Alamolhoda" title="Ahmad Alamolhoda">Alamolhoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Fardid" title="Ahmad Fardid">Fardid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadegh_Khalkhali" title="Sadegh Khalkhali">Khalkhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Khomeini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Larijani" title="Sadeq Larijani">Larijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Modarres" title="Hassan Modarres">Modarres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taqi_Yazdi" title="Taqi Yazdi">Yazdi</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Politicians</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist">Principlists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Ahmadinejad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habibollah_Asgaroladi" title="Habibollah Asgaroladi">Asgaroladi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf" title="Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf">Ghalibaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir-Hossein_Ghazizadeh_Hashemi" title="Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi">Ghazizadeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Jalili" title="Saeed Jalili">Jalili </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Jannati" title="Ahmad Jannati">Jannati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Khamenei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Khomeini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Larijani" title="Sadeq Larijani">Larijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryam_Mojtahedzadeh" title="Maryam Mojtahedzadeh">Mojtahedzadeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Pourmohammadi" title="Mostafa Pourmohammadi">Pourmohammadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi" title="Ebrahim Raisi">Raisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Rezaee" title="Mohsen Rezaee">Rezaee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani" title="Qasem Soleimani">Soleimani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Zakani" title="Alireza Zakani">Zakani</a></li></ul> <hr /> Monarchists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amir-Abbas_Hoveyda" title="Amir-Abbas Hoveyda">Hoveyda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Ali_Mansur" title="Hassan Ali Mansur">Mansur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reza_Shah" title="Reza Shah">Palevi I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi" title="Mohammad Reza Pahlavi">Palevi II</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Literature</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Government" title="Islamic Government">Islamic Government</a> (1970)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Parties</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist">Active <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Combatant_Clergy_Association" title="Combatant Clergy Association">Combatant Clergy Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Front_of_Islamic_Revolution_Stability" title="Front of Islamic Revolution Stability">Front of Islamic Revolution Stability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Coalition_Party" title="Islamic Coalition Party">Islamic Coalition Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Devotees_of_the_Islamic_Revolution" title="Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution">Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Seminary_Teachers_of_Qom" title="Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom">Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YEKTA_Front" title="YEKTA Front">YEKTA Front</a></li></ul> Defunct <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Novin_Party" title="Iran Novin Party">Iran Novin Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran-e-No_Party" title="Iran-e-No Party">Iran-e-No Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republican_Party" title="Islamic Republican Party">Islamic Republican Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Learned_Council" title="Learned Council">Learned Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Will_Party" title="National Will Party">National Will Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalists%27_Party" title="Nationalists' Party">Nationalists' Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Iran)" title="Progress Party (Iran)">Progress Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastakhiz_Party" title="Rastakhiz Party">Rastakhiz Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformers%27_Party" title="Reformers' Party">Reformers' Party</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Organisations</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hojjatie_Society" title="Hojjatie Society">Hojjatie Society</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restart_(group)" title="Restart (group)">Restart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAVAK" title="SAVAK">SAVAK</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Media</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abrar" title="Abrar">Abrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republican_(newspaper)" title="Islamic Republican (newspaper)">Islamic Republican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayhan" title="Kayhan">Kayhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partow-e_Sokhan" title="Partow-e Sokhan">Partow-e Sokhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajanews" title="Rajanews">Rajanews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resalat_(newspaper)" title="Resalat (newspaper)">Resalat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatan-e-Emrooz" title="Vatan-e-Emrooz">Vatan-e-Emrooz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalasarat" title="Yalasarat">Yalasarat</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #36c; 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A majority of his first cabinet consisted of IRGC veterans.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> Nearly one third of the members elected to Iran's <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly">Majlis</a> in 2004 are also "Pásdárán".<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Others have been appointed as ambassadors, mayors, provincial governors and senior bureaucrats.<a href="#cite_note-ReutersQA-63">[63]</a> However, IRGC veteran status does not imply a single viewpoint.<a href="#cite_note-RAND821-121">[121]</a> Strengthening the power of the IRGC was their actions against the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Green_Movement" title="Iranian Green Movement">Green Movement</a>, where thousands of Iranians protested election irregularities in the 2009 victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over "a well-liked" reformer <a href="/wiki/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi" title="Mir-Hossein Mousavi">Mir-Hossein Mousavi</a>. As "the demonstrations gained strength, the security forces swept in, arresting, beating, and killing protesters". The IRGC was thought to be crucial in crushing the movement which "marked a turning point" for the Islamic Republic.<a href="#cite_note-Filkins-NYer-24-5-2020-53">[53]</a> In a video leaked to the internet, the leader of the Pasdaran at the time, (General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jafari" title="Mohammad Ali Jafari">Mohammad Ali Jafari</a>), opposed the protest as challenging 'the tenets of the revolution', but warned that it 'was a blow that weakened the fundamental pillars of the regime,' and demonstrated that Iran's rulers "could no longer count on popular support", 'Anyone who refuses to understand these new conditions will not be successful'.<a href="#cite_note-Filkins-NYer-24-5-2020-53">[53]</a> Ayatollah Khomeini urged that the country's military forces should remain unpoliticized. However, the Constitution, in Article 150, defines the IRGC as the "guardian of the Revolution and of its achievements" which is at least partly a political mission. His original views have therefore been the subject of debate. Supporters of the Basiji have argued for politicization, while reformists, moderates and <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Khomeini" title="Hassan Khomeini">Hassan Khomeini</a> opposed it. President Rafsanjani forced military professionalization and ideological deradicalization on the IRGC to curb its political role, but the Pasdaran became natural allies of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei when reformists threatened him.<a href="#cite_note-RAND821-121">[121]</a> The IRGC grew stronger under President Ahmedinejad, and assumed formal command of the <a href="/wiki/Basiji" class="mw-redirect" title="Basiji">Basiji</a> militia in early 2009.<a href="#cite_note-Daragahi-122">[122]</a> Although never explicitly endorsing or affiliating themselves with any political parties, the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Builders_of_Islamic_Iran" title="Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran">Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran</a> (or Abadgaran), is widely viewed as a political front for the Revolutionary Guards. Many former members (including Ahmadinejad) have joined this party in recent years and the Revolutionary Guards have reportedly given them financial support. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_activity">Economic activity</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Iran" title="Economy of Iran">Economy of Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Labour_and_tax_laws_in_Iran#Smuggling" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and tax laws in Iran">Smuggling in Iran</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Economic_activities_of_the_Iranian_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Economic activities of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps">Economic activities of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></div> IRGC first expanded into commercial activity through informal social networking of veterans and former officials. IRGC officials confiscated assets of many refugees who had fled Iran after the fall of <a href="/wiki/Abolhassan_Banisadr" title="Abolhassan Banisadr">Abolhassan Banisadr</a>'s government. It is now a vast conglomerate, controlling Iran's missile batteries and nuclear program but also a multibillion-dollar business empire reaching almost all economic sectors.<a href="#cite_note-NYT20090721-30">[30]</a> Estimates of the fraction of Iran's economy that it controls through a series of subsidiaries and trusts<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> vary from ten percent<a href="#cite_note-Ganji-124">[124]</a> to over 50.<a href="#cite_note-Filkins-iran-5-18-2020-52">[52]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a> estimates that IRGC has ties to over one hundred companies, with its annual revenue exceeding $12 billion in business and construction.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> IRGC has been awarded billions of dollars in contracts in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Petroleum of Iran">oil, gas and petrochemical industries</a>, as well as major infrastructure projects.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> The following commercial entities have been named by the United States as owned or controlled by the IRGC and its leaders.<a href="#cite_note-USDT20071025-127">[127]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khatam_al-Anbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Khatam al-Anbia">Khatam al-Anbia</a> Construction Headquarters, the IRGC's major engineering arm & one of Iran's largest contractors employing about 25,000 engineers and staff on military (70%) and non-military (30%) projects<a href="#cite_note-RAND821-121">[121]</a> worth over $7 billion in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-USDT20071025-127">[127]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Oil_Kish" title="Oriental Oil Kish">Oriental Oil Kish</a> (oil and gas industry)<a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghorb_Nooh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghorb Nooh">Ghorb Nooh</a><a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li>Sahel Consultant Engineering<a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghorb_Karbala" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghorb Karbala">Ghorb Karbala</a><a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li>Sepasad Engineering Co. (excavation and tunnel construction)<a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omran_Sahel" class="mw-redirect" title="Omran Sahel">Omran Sahel</a><a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hara_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hara Company (page does not exist)">Hara Company</a> (excavation and tunnel construction)<a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li>Gharargahe Sazandegi Ghaem<a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imensazen_Consultant_Engineers_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Imensazen Consultant Engineers Institute">Imensazen Consultant Engineers Institute</a> (subsidiary of Khatam al-Anbia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fater_Engineering_Institute" title="Fater Engineering Institute">Fater Engineering Institute</a> (subsidiary of Khatam al-Anbia)</li></ul> In September 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Iran" title="Government of Iran">Government of Iran</a> sold 51% of the shares of the <a href="/wiki/Telecommunication_Company_of_Iran" title="Telecommunication Company of Iran">Telecommunication Company of Iran</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Mobin_Trust_Consortium" title="Mobin Trust Consortium">Mobin Trust Consortium</a> (Etemad-e-Mobin), a group affiliated with the Guards, for the sum of $7.8 billion. This was the largest transaction on the <a href="/wiki/Tehran_Stock_Exchange" title="Tehran Stock Exchange">Tehran Stock Exchange</a> in history.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> IRGC also owns 45% participation in automotive <a href="/wiki/Bahman_Group" title="Bahman Group">Bahman Group</a> and has a majority stake in Iran's naval giant <a href="/wiki/SADRA" title="SADRA">SADRA</a> through <a href="/wiki/Khatam_al-Anbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Khatam al-Anbia">Khatam al-Anbia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-RAND821-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> The IRGC also exerts influence over <a href="/wiki/Bonyad" title="Bonyad">bonyads</a>, wealthy, non-governmental ostensibly charitable foundations controlled by key clerics. The pattern of revolutionary foundations mimics the style of informal and extralegal economic networks from the time of the Shah. Their development started in the early 1990s, gathered pace over the next decade, and accelerated even more with many lucrative <a href="/wiki/No-bid_contract" class="mw-redirect" title="No-bid contract">no-bid contracts</a> from the Ahmadinejad presidency.<a href="#cite_note-Congress-128">[128]</a> The IRGC exerts informal, but real, influence over many such organizations including: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mostazafan_Foundation" title="Mostazafan Foundation">Mostazafan Foundation</a> (Foundation of the Oppressed or The Mostazafan Foundation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonyad_Shahid_va_Omur-e_Janbazan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonyad Shahid va Omur-e Janbazan">Bonyad Shahid va Omur-e Janbazan</a> (Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs)<a href="#cite_note-RAND821-121">[121]</a></li></ul> As an elite force with great economic assets it has developed into what some observers call an "untouchable élite" and somewhat isolated in Iranian society. According to a "former senior Middle Eastern intelligence officer", the Guard and their families "have their own schools, their own markets, their own neighborhoods, their own resorts. The neighborhoods look like a carbon copy of Beverly Hills."<a href="#cite_note-Filkins-iran-5-18-2020-52">[52]</a> Former Bank Ansar and Bank Mehr Iranian were run by corps <a href="/wiki/IRGC_Cooperation_Bonyad" title="IRGC Cooperation Bonyad">IRGC Cooperation Bonyad</a> until merger with state Bank Sepah.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> In 2023, Israel seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency belonging to Hezbollah and the <a href="/wiki/Quds_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Quds force">Quds force</a> of the IRGC.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analysis">Analysis</h3></div> <a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Khalaji" title="Mehdi Khalaji">Mehdi Khalaji</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Institute_for_Near_East_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Institute for Near East Policy">Washington Institute for Near East Policy</a> argues that the IRGC is "the spine of the current political structure and a major player in the Iranian economy."<a href="#cite_note-Khalaji12-134">[134]</a> The once theocratic state has evolved into a <a href="/wiki/Garrison_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Garrison state">garrison state</a>, like <a href="/wiki/Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma">Burma</a>, whereby the military dominates social, cultural, political, and economic life, protecting the government from internal rather than external opponents.<a href="#cite_note-Khalaji12-134">[134]</a> Greg Bruno and Jayshree Bajoria of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a> agree, stating that the IRGC has expanded well beyond its mandate and into a "socio-military-political-economic force" that deeply penetrates Iran's power structure.<a href="#cite_note-Bruno-135">[135]</a> "The Guards' involvement in politics has grown to unprecedented levels since 2004, when IRGC won at least 16 percent of the 290 seats" in the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran">Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Bruno-135">[135]</a> During the elections of March 2008, IRGC veterans won 182 out of 290 seats, helping <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a> consolidate power.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlfoneh20083-136">[136]</a> Half of Ahmadinejad's cabinet was composed of former IRGC officers while several others were appointed to provincial governorships.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlfoneh20083-136">[136]</a> Ali Alfoneh of the <a href="/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute" title="American Enterprise Institute">American Enterprise Institute</a> contends that "While the presence of former IRGC officers in the cabinet is not a new phenomenon, their numbers under Ahmadinejad—they occupy nine of the twenty-one ministry portfolios—are unprecedented."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlfoneh20086-137">[137]</a> Additionally, Ahmadinejad successfully purged provincial governorships of Rafsanjani and Khatami supporters and replaced them not only with IRGC members, but also members of the <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a> and the Islamic Republic prison administration.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlfoneh20087-138">[138]</a> The IRGC chief, General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jafari" title="Mohammad Ali Jafari">Mohammad Ali Jafari</a>, announced that the Guards' would go through internal restructuring in order to counter "internal threats to the Islamic Republic."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlfoneh20083-136">[136]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Riedel" title="Bruce Riedel">Bruce Riedel</a>, a Senior Fellow at the <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a> and former <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a> analyst, argues the Guards was created to protect the government against a possible coup.<a href="#cite_note-Bruno-135">[135]</a> Since the disputed 2009 presidential elections, debate over how powerful the IRGC is has reemerged. Danielle Pletka and Ali Alfoneh see the irreversible militarization of Iran's government.<a href="#cite_note-Bruno-135">[135]</a> Abbas Milani, director of Iranian Studies at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, believes the Guards' power actually exceeds that of Supreme Leader <a href="/wiki/Ayatollah_Khamenei" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayatollah Khamenei">Ayatollah Khamenei</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Bruno-135">[135]</a> <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Wehrey" title="Frederic Wehrey">Frederic Wehrey</a>, adjunct Senior Fellow at the <a href="/wiki/RAND_Corporation" title="RAND Corporation">RAND Corporation</a> believes the Revolutionary Guards is not a cohesive unit of similar-minded conservatives but rather a factionalized institution that is hardly bent on overthrowing their masters.<a href="#cite_note-Bruno-135">[135]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Department_of_the_Treasury_terrorist_aid_claims">U.S. Department of the Treasury terrorist aid claims</h3></div> The U.S. Department of the Treasury claims the Corp has supported several organizations the U.S. deems to be terrorist, including <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> (PIJ), the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine_%E2%80%93_General_Command" title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command</a> (PFLP-GC), and the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:4-139">[139]</a> In the U.S. Department of the Treasury's report, four IRGC senior officials, Hushang Alladad, Hossein Musavi, Hasan Mortezavi, and Mohammad Reza Zahedi, were specifically named for providing support to terrorist organizations. Hushang Alladad, a financial officer for the IRGC, was cited as personally administering financial support to terrorist groups including Hizballah, Hamas, and PIJ.<a href="#cite_note-:4-139">[139]</a> Both General Hossein Musavi and Colonel Hasan Mortevazi were claimed to have provided financial and material support to the Taliban. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the IRGC commander in Lebanon, was claimed to have played a crucial role in Iran's aid to Hizballah. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Zahedi served as a liaison to Hizballah and Syrian intelligence services as well as taking part in weapon deals involving Hizballah.<a href="#cite_note-:4-139">[139]</a> The U.S. Treasury report goes on to detail the IRGC's methods of support for terrorist groups: "The Government of Iran also uses the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and IRGC-QF to implement its foreign policy goals, including, but not limited to, seemingly legitimate activities that provide cover for intelligence operations and support to terrorist and insurgent groups. These activities include economic investment, reconstruction, and other types of aid to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon, implemented by companies and institutions that act for or on behalf of, or are owned or controlled by the IRGC and the Iranian government."<a href="#cite_note-:4-139">[139]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corporations_in_media">Corporations in media</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Owj_Arts_and_Media_Organization" title="Owj Arts and Media Organization">Owj Arts and Media Organization</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tasnim_news_agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasnim news agency">Tasnim news agency</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Similar_organizations">Similar organizations</h3></div> Since November 2023, <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Armed_Forces" title="Afghan Armed Forces">the military of Islamic Emirate</a> have created <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Afghanistan" title="Supreme Leader of Afghanistan">Supreme leader</a>-led task forces in Afghanistan similar to the Revolutionary Guard.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Controversies surrounding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Controversies surrounding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/2007_Gasoline_Rationing_Plan_in_Iran#Fuel_smuggling" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran">Fuel smuggling in Iran</a></div> From its origin as an ideologically driven militia, the IRGC has taken an ever more assertive role in virtually every aspect of Iranian society. Its part in suppressing dissent has led many analysts to describe the events surrounding the 12 June 2009 presidential election as a military coup, and the IRGC as an authoritarian military security government for which its <a href="/wiki/Shiite" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiite">Shiite</a> clerical system is no more than a facade.<a href="#cite_note-NYT20090721-30">[30]</a> Since its establishment, IRGC has been involved in many economic and military activities among which some raised controversies. The organization has been accused of smuggling (including importing illegal alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and satellite dishes, into Iran via jetties not supervised by the Government<a href="#cite_note-RAND821-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a><a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-Erlich-145">[145]</a>), training and supplying <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a><a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> fighters, and of being involved in the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> In December 2009, evidence uncovered during an investigation by the Guardian newspaper and Guardian Films linked the IRGC to the kidnappings of 5 Britons from a government ministry building in Baghdad in 2007. Three of the hostages, Jason Creswell, Jason Swindlehurst and Alec Maclachlan, were killed. Alan Mcmenemy's body was never found but Peter Moore was released on 30 December 2009. The investigation uncovered evidence that Moore, 37, a computer expert from <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_England" title="Lincoln, England">Lincoln</a> was targeted because he was installing a system for the Iraqi Government that would show how a vast amount of international aid was diverted to Iran's militia groups in Iraq.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Geneive_Abdo" title="Geneive Abdo">Geneive Abdo</a>, IRGC members were appointed "as ambassadors, mayors, cabinet ministers, and high-ranking officials at state-run economic institutions" during the administration of president Ahmadinejad.<a href="#cite_note-abdo-33">[33]</a> Appointments in 2009 by Supreme Leader <a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a> have given "hard-liners" in the guard "unprecedented power" and included "some of the most feared and brutal men in Iran."<a href="#cite_note-abdo-33">[33]</a> In May 2019, the United States accused the IRGC of being "directly responsible" for an <a href="/wiki/May_2019_Gulf_of_Oman_incident" title="May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident">attack on commercial ships in the Gulf of Oman</a>. <a href="/wiki/Michael_M._Gilday" title="Michael M. Gilday">Michael M. Gilday</a>, United States <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Joint_Staff" title="Director of the Joint Staff">director of the Joint Staff</a>, described US intelligence attributing that the IRGC used <a href="/wiki/Limpet_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Limpet mines">limpet mines</a> to attack four <a href="/wiki/Oil_tankers" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil tankers">oil tankers</a> anchored in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Oman" title="Gulf of Oman">Gulf of Oman</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bunkering" title="Bunkering">bunkering</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Fujairah" title="Port of Fujairah">Port of Fujairah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GL-151">[151]</a> In April 2020, during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the IRGC unveiled the <a href="/wiki/Mostaan_110" title="Mostaan 110">Mostaan 110</a>, an experimental medical device that the IRGC claimed could detect instances of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> using electromagnetic radiation. The IRGC's claims of Mostaan 110's capabilities were met with widespread criticism from both Iranian and international experts, who called it <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscientific</a> and compared it to the <a href="/wiki/ADE_651" title="ADE 651">ADE 651</a>, a fake <a href="/wiki/Explosive_detection" title="Explosive detection">explosive detector</a> with a similar design.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> In December 2022, German authorities accused the IRGC of attempting to orchestrate attacks against synagogues in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and spying on the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Moreover, in 2020, IRGC members were exposed as having given a talk to UK students in which one spoke of an apocalyptic war with Jews.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> In July 2024, it was suspected that the IRGC had <a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Assassination_attempt_of_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 Assassination attempt of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (page does not exist)">attempted to assassinate</a> the former Iranian president, <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a>.<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terrorist_designation_and_sanctions">Terrorist designation and sanctions</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups" title="List of designated terrorist groups">List of designated terrorist groups</a></div> Since 15 April 2019, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, which opposes the activities of Sepah, considers the IRGC as a <a href="/wiki/Terrorist_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist organization">terrorist organization</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:0-160">[160]</a> which some top <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">Pentagon</a> officials reportedly opposed.<a href="#cite_note-Wong8April-161">[161]</a> On 8 April, Israeli Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> tweeted in Hebrew that America's terrorist designation was the fulfillment of "another important request of mine."<a href="#cite_note-Kershner9April-162">[162]</a> This designation was criticized by a number of governments including <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly">Islamic Consultative Assembly</a>, Iran's parliament, in which members wore IRGC uniforms in protest.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> On 29 April 2019, United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Michael_Mulroy" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Mulroy">Michael Mulroy</a> said <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> posed five threats. The first was Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. The second was to maritime security in the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Hormuz" class="mw-redirect" title="Straits of Hormuz">Straits of Hormuz</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bab_al-Mandab" class="mw-redirect" title="Bab al-Mandab">Bab al-Mandab</a>, because a substantial portion of energy trade and commercial goods go through those areas. The third was because of their support to proxies and terrorist organizations, including <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> in Lebanon and Syria, <a href="/wiki/Houthis" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthis">Houthis</a> in Yemen, some <a href="/wiki/Hashd_al-Shaabi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hashd al-Shaabi">Hashd al-Shaabi</a> in Iraq and safe-harboring senior <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> leaders in Iran. The fourth was Iranian made ballistic missiles sent to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen for use against <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and to Syria with Hezbollah to use against <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>. Cyber is the fifth threat and a growing concern.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-c-span.org-166">[166]</a> He also said that the terrorist designation did not grant any additional authorities to the Department of Defense and that they were not asking for any.<a href="#cite_note-c-span.org-166">[166]</a> The IRGC has never been designated as a terrorist organization by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, although the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1929" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929">UNSCR 1929</a> had its assets frozen (this was lifted in 2016). Since 2010, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> has imposed broad sanctions on the IRGC and many of its members, without designating it as a terrorist organization.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> Although <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> already designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation,<a href="#cite_note-Terror-169">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-wsj8apr-170">[170]</a> several countries such as <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> are examining the possibility to designate the group as well. Canada outlawed the <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a> in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a><a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> On 3 October 2022, in reaction to the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini" title="Death of Mahsa Amini">death of Mahsa Amini</a> and the persecution of protestors in the <a href="/wiki/Mahsa_Amini_protests" title="Mahsa Amini protests">protests that ensued</a>, Canada officially sanctioned the IRGC. Foreign Affairs Minister <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9lanie_Joly" title="Mélanie Joly">Mélanie Joly</a> announced sanctions targeting 9 entities, including the <a href="/wiki/Guidance_Patrol" title="Guidance Patrol">Morality Police</a> and the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, and 25 individuals, that include high-ranking officials and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. These individuals include IRGC Commander-in-Chief Major General <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Hossein Salami</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Esmail_Qaani" title="Esmail Qaani">Esmail Qaani</a>, commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> On 7 October, the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian government">Canadian government</a> expanded the sanctions, banning 10,000 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from entering the country permanently, which represents the top 50% of the organization's leadership. Canadian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a> added that Canada plans to expand the sanctions against those most responsible for Iran's "egregious behavior". Canadian Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Chrystia_Freeland" title="Chrystia Freeland">Chrystia Freeland</a> added that Iran was a "state sponsor of terror", and that "it is oppressive, theocratic and misogynist; The IRGC leadership are terrorists, the IRGC is a terrorist organization".<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a><a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Arab_News" title="Arab News">Arab News</a>, a 2020 report by the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair_Institute_for_Global_Change" title="Tony Blair Institute for Global Change">Tony Blair Institute for Global Change</a> said that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is an "institutionalized militia" that "uses its vast resources to spread a 'mission of jihad' through an 'ideological army' of recruits and proxies".<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> In 2022, U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken">Antony Blinken</a> said that the IRGC is "probably the most designated organisation – one way or another – in the world among the organisations that we designate, including the foreign terrorist organisation designation".<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> In January 2023, it was reported that the United Kingdom was preparing to declare the IRGC a terrorist organization; this did not subsequently occur.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> On 18 January 2023, the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> passed an amendment proposed by the <a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">ECR Group</a>, to call for the EU and its member states to include the IRGC on the EU's terrorist list.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> On 19 June 2024, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization under the nation's <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Code_(Canada)" title="Criminal Code (Canada)">Criminal Code</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Response_to_terrorist_organization_designation">Response to terrorist organization designation</h3></div> The move was met with unfavorable reactions from Iranian leaders and militants.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> Shortly after the US announced the designation, the Iranian government declared the United States Central Command, whose area of responsibility includes the Middle East, as a terrorist organization.<a href="#cite_note-:3-181">[181]</a> According to Iran's Supreme National Security Council, the move "was in response to the illegal and unwise move from the U.S."<a href="#cite_note-:3-181">[181]</a> The next day, Iranian Members of Parliament displayed their support of the IRGC by collectively wearing green military pants and chanted "<a href="/wiki/Death_to_America" title="Death to America">death to America</a>" as they opened session. Iranian president Hassan Rouhani also responded to the move, commenting that it was a mistake which would only increase the IRGC's popularity in Iran and elsewhere.<a href="#cite_note-:3-181">[181]</a> Since the designation, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rewards_for_Justice_Program" title="Rewards for Justice Program">Rewards for Justice Program</a> has offered a reward of up to US$15 million for financial background information about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its branches,<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> including an IRGC financier, <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Reza_Shahlai" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Reza Shahlai">Abdul Reza Shahlai</a>,<a href="#cite_note-185">[a]</a> who it says was responsible for a raid that killed five American soldiers in <a href="/wiki/Karbala" title="Karbala">Karbala</a>, Iraq on 20 January 2007.<a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" 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The United States unsuccessfully targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai in Yemen on the same day of <a href="/wiki/2020_Baghdad_International_Airport_airstrike" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike">assassination of Qasem Soleimani</a>,<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> which led to the death of Mohammad Mirza, a Quds Force operative, instead.<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Abedin11-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Abedin11_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Abedin11_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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Middle East Quarterly. 15 (4): 3–14. Retrieved 11 October 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Middle+East+Quarterly&rft.atitle=The+Revolutionary+Guards%27+Role+in+Iranian+Politics&rft.ssn=fall&rft.volume=15&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=3-14&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Alfoneh&rft.aufirst=Ali&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meforum.org%2F1979%2Fthe-revolutionary-guards-role-in-iranian-politics&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIslamic+Revolutionary+Guard+Corps" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAzizi2020" class="citation book cs1">Azizi, Arash (November 2020). The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran's Global Ambitions. New York: Oneworld Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781786079442" title="Special:BookSources/9781786079442"><bdi>9781786079442</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Shadow+Commander%3A+Soleimani%2C+the+US%2C+and+Iran%27s+Global+Ambitions&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Oneworld+Publications&rft.date=2020-11&rft.isbn=9781786079442&rft.aulast=Azizi&rft.aufirst=Arash&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIslamic+Revolutionary+Guard+Corps" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlemzadeh2021" class="citation journal cs1">Alemzadeh, Maryam (2021). "The attraction of direct action: the making of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the Iranian Kurdish conflict". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 50 (3): 589–608. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13530194.2021.1990013">10.1080/13530194.2021.1990013</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:239554621">239554621</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=British+Journal+of+Middle+Eastern+Studies&rft.atitle=The+attraction+of+direct+action%3A+the+making+of+the+Islamic+Revolutionary+Guards+Corps+in+the+Iranian+Kurdish+conflict&rft.volume=50&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=589-608&rft.date=2021&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F13530194.2021.1990013&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A239554621%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Alemzadeh&rft.aufirst=Maryam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIslamic+Revolutionary+Guard+Corps" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Hesam Forozan, The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards, c. 2017</li> <li>Safshekan, Roozbeh; Sabet, Farzan, "The Ayatollah's Praetorians: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the 2009 Election Crisis", The <a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle East Journal">Middle East Journal</a>, Volume 64, Number 4, Autumn 2010, pp. 543–558(16).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWise2007" class="citation book cs1">Wise, Harold Lee (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insidethedangerzone.com">Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987–88</a>. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-970-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-970-5"><bdi>978-1-59114-970-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Inside+the+Danger+Zone%3A+The+U.S.+Military+in+the+Persian+Gulf+1987%E2%80%9388&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-59114-970-5&rft.aulast=Wise&rft.aufirst=Harold+Lee&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidethedangerzone.com&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIslamic+Revolutionary+Guard+Corps" class="Z3988"> (discusses U.S. military clashes with Iranian Revolutionary Guard during the Iran–Iraq War)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 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commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Commanders</a> of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%">Commander-in-Chief</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abbas_Agha-Zamani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abbas Agha-Zamani (page does not exist)">Agha-Zamani</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morteza_Rezaee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morteza Rezaee (page does not exist)">Morteza Rezaee</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Rezaee" title="Mohsen Rezaee">Mohsen Rezaee</a> (1980–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Rahim_Safavi" title="Yahya Rahim Safavi">Safavi</a> (1997–07)</li> <li><a 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title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff">Joint Staff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Afshar" title="Alireza Afshar">Afshar</a> (1984–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Forouzandeh" title="Mohammad Forouzandeh">Forouzandeh</a> (1987–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Zolghadr" title="Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr">Zolghadr</a> (1989–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Alaei" title="Hossein Alaei">Alaei</a> (1997–00)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Ahmadian" title="Ali Akbar Ahmadian">Ahmadian</a> (2000–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hejazi" title="Mohammad Hejazi">Hejazi</a> (2007–08)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Ground_Forces" 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#fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Aerospace_Force" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force">Aerospace Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mousa_Refan" title="Mousa Refan">Refan</a> (1985–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Dehghan" title="Hossein Dehghan">Dehghan</a> (1990–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hossein_Jalali" title="Mohammad Hossein Jalali">Jalali</a> (1991–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf" title="Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf">Ghalibaf</a> (1997–00)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Kazemi" title="Ahmad Kazemi">Kazemi</a> (2000–05)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Zahedi" title="Mohammad Reza Zahedi">Zahedi</a> (2005–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Salami</a> (2006–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Ali_Hajizadeh" title="Amir Ali Hajizadeh">Hajizadeh</a> (2009–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Navy" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy">Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Alaei" title="Hossein Alaei">Alaei</a> (1985–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Shamkhani" title="Ali Shamkhani">Shamkhani</a> (1990–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Ahmadian" title="Ali Akbar Ahmadian">Ahmadian</a> (1997–00)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morteza_Saffari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morteza Saffari (page does not exist)">Saffari</a> (2000–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Fadavi" title="Ali Fadavi">Fadavi</a> (2010–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Tangsiri" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Rahmani" title="Mohammad-Ali Rahmani">Rahmani</a> (1984–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Afshar" title="Alireza Afshar">Afshar</a> (1990–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hejazi" title="Mohammad Hejazi">Hejazi</a> (1998–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Taeb" title="Hossein Taeb">Taeb</a> (2007–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Naqdi" title="Mohammad Reza Naqdi">Naqdi</a> (2009–16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gholamhossein_Gheybparvar" title="Gholamhossein Gheybparvar">Gheybparvar</a> (2016–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gholamreza_Soleimani" title="Gholamreza Soleimani">Soleimani</a> (2019–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Taeb" title="Hossein Taeb">Taeb</a> (2009–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Kazemi_(military_officer)" title="Mohammad Kazemi (military officer)">Kazemi</a> (2022–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Protection_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Intelligence Protection</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Saeedi_Shahroudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ali Saeedi Shahroudi (page does not exist)">Saeedi</a> (1984–94)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morteza_Rezaee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morteza Rezaee (page does not exist)">Morteza Rezaee</a> (1994–06)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gholam-Hossein_Ramezani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gholam-Hossein Ramezani (page does not exist)">Ramezani</a> (2006–08)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Kazemi_(military_officer)" title="Mohammad Kazemi (military officer)">Kazemi</a> (2008–22)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Representative_of_the_Supreme_Leader_in_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Representative of the Supreme Leader in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (page does not exist)">Supreme Leader Representative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hassan_Lahouti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hassan Lahouti (page does not exist)">Lahouti</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fazlollah_Mahallati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fazlollah Mahallati (page does not exist)">Mahallati</a> (1980–81; 1983–86)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hassan_Taheri-Khorramabadi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hassan Taheri-Khorramabadi (page does not exist)">Taheri</a> (1981–82)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad-Reza_Faker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohammad-Reza Faker (page does not exist)">Faker</a> (1982–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdollah_Nouri" title="Abdollah Nouri">Nouri</a> (1989–90)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Mohammadi-Araghi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahmoud Mohammadi-Araghi (page does not exist)">Mohammadi</a> (1990–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Movahedi-Kermani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Movahedi-Kermani">Movahedi</a> (1991–06)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Saeedi_Shahroudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ali Saeedi Shahroudi (page does not exist)">Saeedi</a> (2006–18)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdollah_Hajisadeghi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdollah Hajisadeghi (page does not exist)">Hajisadeghi</a> (2018–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Revolutionary_Guards#Ministers" title="Ministry of Revolutionary Guards">Ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Rafighdoost" title="Mohsen Rafighdoost">Rafighdoost</a> (1982–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Shamkhani" title="Ali Shamkhani">Shamkhani</a> (1988–89)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /> <a href="/wiki/Category:Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_sardars" title="Category:Islamic 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Provost</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Revolutionary_Guards" title="Ministry of Revolutionary Guards">Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rank_Insignia_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Rank Insignia of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Rank Insignia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Commanders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abbas_Agha-Zamani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abbas Agha-Zamani (page does not exist)">Abbas Agha-Zamani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morteza_Rezaee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morteza Rezaee (page does not exist)">Morteza Rezaee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Rezaee" title="Mohsen Rezaee">Mohsen Rezaee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Rahim_Safavi" title="Yahya Rahim Safavi">Yahya Rahim Safavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jafari" title="Mohammad Ali Jafari">Mohammad Ali Jafari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Hossein Salami</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><img alt="Seal of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Nuclear_Protection_and_Security_Corps" title="Nuclear Protection and Security Corps">Nuclear Protection and Security</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8th_Najaf_Ashraf_Division" title="8th Najaf Ashraf Division">8th Najaf Ashraf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Imam_Hossein_Division" title="14th Imam Hossein Division">14th Imam Hossein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Ali_ibn_Abi_Taleb_Division" title="17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division">17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Karbala_Division" title="25th Karbala Division">25th Karbala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Mohammad_Rasulullah_Division" title="27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division">27th Mohammad Rasulullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Ashura_Division" title="31st Ashura Division">31st Ashura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Al-Mahdi_Division" title="33rd Al-Mahdi Division">33rd Al-Mahdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Tharallah_Division" title="41st Tharallah Division">41st Tharallah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Provincial Corps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardabil_Hazrat_Abbas_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ardabil Hazrat Abbas Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Ardabil Hazrat Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Ashura_Division" title="31st Ashura Division">East Azerbaijan Ashura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Azerbaijan_Shohada_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Azerbaijan Shohada Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">West Azerbaijan Shohada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bushehr_Imam_Sadiq_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bushehr Imam Sadiq Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Bushehr Imam Sadiq</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaharmahal_and_Bakhtiari_Qamar_Bani_Hashim_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Qamar Bani Hashim Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Qamar Bani Hashim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Al-Mahdi_Division" title="33rd Al-Mahdi Division">Fars Fajr</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th_Quds_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="16th Quds Division (page does not exist)">Gilan Quds</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Golestan_Neynava_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Golestan Neynava Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Golestan Neynava</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamedan_Ansar_al-Hussain_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamedan Ansar al-Hussain Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Hamedan Ansar al-Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hormozgan_Imam_Sajjad_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hormozgan Imam Sajjad Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Hormozgan Imam Sajjad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ilam_Amir_al-Muminin_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ilam Amir al-Muminin Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Ilam Amir al-Muminin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Isfahan_Sahib-az-Zaman_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isfahan Sahib-az-Zaman Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Isfahan Sahib-az-Zaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Tharallah_Division" title="41st Tharallah Division">Kerman Sarallah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kermanshah_Nabi_Akram_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kermanshah Nabi Akram Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Kermanshah Nabi Akram</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khuzestan_Valieasr_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khuzestan Valieasr Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Khuzestan Valieasr</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kohgiluyeh_and_Boyer-Ahmad_Fath_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Fath Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Fath</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdistan_Beit_ol-Moqaddas_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurdistan Beit ol-Moqaddas Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Kurdistan Beit ol-Moqaddas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Khorasan_Ansar_al-Ridha_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Khorasan Ansar al-Ridha Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">South Khorasan Ansar al-Ridha</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Razavi_Khorasan_Imam_Reza_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Razavi Khorasan Imam Reza Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Razavi Khorasan Imam Reza</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Khorasan_Jawad_al-Aemmah_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Khorasan Jawad al-Aemmah Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Razavi Khorasan Jawad al-Aemmah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Losrestan_Hazrat_Abalfazl_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Losrestan Hazrat Abalfazl Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Losrestan Hazrat Abalfazl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Karbala_Division" title="25th Karbala Division">Mazandaran Karbala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=71th_Roohollah_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="71th Roohollah Division (page does not exist)">Markazi Ruhollah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Mohammad_Rasulullah_Division" title="27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division">Tehran Muhammad Rasoul-Allah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tehran_Sayid_al-Shohada_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tehran Sayid al-Shohada Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Tehran Sayid al-Shohada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qazvin_Sahib_al-Amr_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qazvin Sahib al-Amr Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Qazvin Sahib al-Amr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Ali_ibn_Abi_Taleb_Division" title="17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division">Qom Ali ibn Abi-Talib</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Semnan_Qaim_Aale-Muhammad_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Semnan Qaim Aale-Muhammad Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Semnan Qaim Aale-Muhammad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Salman_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sistan and Baluchestan Salman Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Sistan and Baluchestan Salman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Al-Ghadir_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="18th Al-Ghadir Division (page does not exist)">Yazd Al-Ghadir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zanjan_Ansar_al-Mahdi_Provincial_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zanjan Ansar al-Mahdi Provincial Corps (page does not exist)">Zanjan Ansar al-Mahdi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Intelligence Agencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="Baghiyyatollah al-Azam Military Hospital">Military Hospital</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRGC_University_of_Command_and_Staff" title="IRGC University of Command and Staff">University of Command and Staff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fars_News_Agency" title="Fars News Agency">Fars News Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasnim_News_Agency" title="Tasnim News Agency">Tasnim News Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashregh_News" title="Mashregh News">Mashregh News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owj_Arts_and_Media_Organization" title="Owj Arts and Media Organization">Owj Arts and Media Organization</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Economic Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IRGC_Cooperation_Bonyad" title="IRGC Cooperation Bonyad">Cooperation Bonyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khatam-al_Anbiya_Construction_Headquarters" title="Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters">Khatam-al Anbiya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fater_Engineering_Institute" title="Fater Engineering Institute">Fater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imensazan_Consultant_Engineers_Institute" title="Imensazan Consultant Engineers Institute">Imensazan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobin_Trust_Consortium" title="Mobin Trust Consortium">Mobin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SADRA" title="SADRA">SADRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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Arabia to Iran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Diplomacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Safari_Club" title="Safari Club">Safari Club</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict">Conflicts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_revolution" title="Iranian revolution">Iranian revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Khuzestan_insurgency" title="1979 Khuzestan insurgency">1979 Khuzestan insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_separatism_in_Khuzestan" title="Arab separatism in Khuzestan">Arab separatism in Khuzestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatif_conflict" title="Qatif conflict">Qatif conflict</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Qatif_Uprising" title="1979 Qatif Uprising">1979 Qatif Uprising</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_June_5,_1984" title="Action of June 5, 1984">Action of June 5, 1984</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_diplomatic_conflict" title="Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict">Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis" title="Qatar diplomatic crisis">Qatar diplomatic crisis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution" title="2011 Egyptian revolution">2011 Egyptian revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bahraini_uprising" title="2011 Bahraini uprising">2011 Bahraini uprising</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_Bahrain" title="Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain">Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Bahrain" title="Insurgency in Bahrain">insurgency in Bahrain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2011)" title="Libyan civil war (2011)">2011 Libyan civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hezbollah_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war">Hezbollah involvement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war">Iranian involvement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Saudi involvement in the Syrian civil war">Saudi involvement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war_spillover_in_Lebanon" title="Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon">Spillover in Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axis_of_Resistance" title="Axis of Resistance">Axis of Resistance</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)">Iranian intervention in Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_crisis" title="Yemeni crisis">Yemeni crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_insurgency" title="Houthi insurgency">Houthi insurgency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Scorched_Earth" title="Operation Scorched Earth">Operation Scorched Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blow_to_the_Head" title="Operation Blow to the Head">Operation Blow to the Head</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Yemeni revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war" title="Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war">Saudi-led intervention in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthi%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabian_conflict" title="Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict">Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Houthi takeover in Yemen">Houthi takeover in Yemen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%932020)" title="Libyan civil war (2014–2020)">Second Libyan civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Iran_clashes_(2016%E2%80%93present)" title="Western Iran clashes (2016–present)">Western Iran clashes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Mecca_incident" title="1987 Mecca incident">1987 Mecca incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khobar_Towers_bombing" title="Khobar Towers bombing">Khobar Towers bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Saudi_Arabian_protests" title="2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests">2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Saudi_Arabia_mass_execution" title="2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution">2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Execution_of_Nimr_al-Nimr" title="Execution of Nimr al-Nimr">Execution of Nimr al-Nimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_attack_on_the_Saudi_diplomatic_missions_in_Iran" title="2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran">2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Saudi_Arabia_mass_execution" title="2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution">2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_alleged_Iran_assassination_plot" title="2011 alleged Iran assassination plot">2011 alleged Iran assassination plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Mina_stampede" title="2015 Mina stampede">2015 Mina stampede</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Lebanon%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_dispute" title="2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute">2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%932020_Qatif_unrest" title="2017–2020 Qatif unrest">2017–2020 Qatif unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Riyadh_missile_strike" title="2018 Riyadh missile strike">2018 Riyadh missile strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Maritime_Security_Construct" title="International Maritime Security Construct">International Maritime Security Construct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2231" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231">United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2019_Gulf_of_Oman_incident" title="May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident">May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Afif_attack" title="2019 Afif attack">2019 Afif attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abha_International_Airport_attacks" 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href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations" title="Iran–United Arab Emirates relations">United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_football_rivalry" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia football rivalry">Iran–Saudi Arabia football rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_and_state-sponsored_terrorism" title="Iran and state-sponsored terrorism">Iran and state-sponsored terrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Israel proxy conflict">Iran–Israel proxy conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_League%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Arab League–Iran relations">Arab League–Iran relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_alliance" title="Arab–Israeli alliance">Arab–Israeli alliance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2019_Warsaw_Conference" title="February 2019 Warsaw Conference">Warsaw Middle East conference</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Syria%E2%80%93Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_coalition" title="Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition">Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_military_action_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition to military action against Iran">Opposition to military action against Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Military_Counter_Terrorism_Coalition" title="Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition">Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Mojahedin_Organization_of_Iran" title="People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran">People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_International" title="Iran International">Iran International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shia%E2%80%93Sunni_relations" title="Shia–Sunni relations">Shia–Sunni relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Shia Islam in Saudi Arabia">Shia Islam in Saudi Arabia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" 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Gene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_Club" title="Safari Club">Safari Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_of_Stability_(speech)" title="Island of Stability (speech)">Island of Stability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad%27s_letter_to_George_W._Bush" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Correspondence_between_Barack_Obama_and_Ali_Khamenei" title="Correspondence between Barack Obama and Ali Khamenei">Correspondence between Barack Obama and Ali Khamenei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phone_conversation_between_Barack_Obama_and_Hassan_Rouhani" title="Phone conversation between Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani">Phone conversation between Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negotiations_leading_to_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Negotiations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Plan of Action">Joint Plan of Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal_framework" title="Iran nuclear deal framework">Framework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Reactions to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Criticism of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Aftermath of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Aftermath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">U.S. withdrawal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War">United States support for Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgeton_incident" title="Bridgeton incident">Bridgeton incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655" title="Iran Air Flight 655">Iran Air Flight 655</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Ajr" title="Iran Ajr">Iran Ajr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair" title="Iran–Contra affair">Iran–Contra affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Staunch" title="Operation Staunch">Operation Staunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eager_Glacier" title="Operation Eager Glacier">Operation Eager Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will" title="Operation Earnest Will">Operation Earnest Will</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Prime_Chance" title="Operation Prime Chance">Operation Prime Chance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Nimble_Archer" title="Operation Nimble Archer">Operation Nimble Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis" title="Operation Praying Mantis">Operation Praying Mantis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_alliance_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran">Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">Abraham Accords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2019_Warsaw_Conference" title="February 2019 Warsaw Conference">February 2019 Warsaw Conference</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Israel proxy conflict">Iran–Israel proxy conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict">Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Syria%E2%80%93Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_coalition" title="Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition">Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Maritime_Security_Construct" title="International Maritime Security Construct">International Maritime Security Construct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani" title="Assassination of Qasem Soleimani">Assassination of Qasem Soleimani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_the_assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani" title="Reactions to the assassination of Qasem Soleimani">reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_revenge_scenarios" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteen revenge scenarios">Thirteen revenge scenarios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_threat_for_the_destruction_of_Iranian_cultural_sites" title="Donald Trump's threat for the destruction of Iranian cultural sites">Donald Trump's threat for the destruction of Iranian cultural sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Martyr_Soleimani" title="Operation Martyr Soleimani">Operation Martyr Soleimani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Camp_Taji_attacks" title="2020 Camp Taji attacks">2020 Camp Taji attacks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations_after_1979" title="Iran–United States relations after 1979">Incidents after 1979</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Paul_R._Shaffer_and_John_H._Turner" title="Assassination of Paul R. Shaffer and John H. Turner">Assassination of Paul R. Shaffer and John H. Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_revolution" title="Iranian revolution">Iranian revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Iranian_hostage_crisis" title="Timeline of the Iranian hostage crisis">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe_Conference" title="Guadeloupe Conference">Guadeloupe Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Credible_Sport" title="Operation Credible Sport">Operation Credible Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Caper" title="Canadian Caper">Canadian Caper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter%27s_engagement_with_Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Jimmy Carter's engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini">Jimmy Carter's engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory" title="1980 October Surprise theory">1980 October Surprise theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis_negotiations" title="Iran hostage crisis negotiations">Negotiations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algiers_Accords" title="Algiers Accords">Algiers Accords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_can%27t_do_a_damn_thing_against_us" title="America can't do a damn thing against us">America can't do a damn thing against us</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings" title="1983 Beirut barracks bombings">Beirut barracks bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khobar_Towers_bombing" title="Khobar Towers bombing">Khobar Towers bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Franklin_espionage_scandal" title="Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal">Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disappearance_of_Robert_Levinson" title="Disappearance of Robert Levinson">Disappearance of Robert Levinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_kill_or_capture_strategy_in_Iraq" title="United States kill or capture strategy in Iraq">United States kill or capture strategy in Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_raid_on_the_Iranian_Liaison_Office_in_Erbil" title="United States raid on the Iranian Liaison Office in Erbil">United States raid on the Iranian Liaison Office in Erbil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jalal_Sharafi" title="Kidnapping of Jalal Sharafi">Kidnapping of Jalal Sharafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Iran%E2%80%93United_States_naval_dispute" title="2008 Iran–United States naval dispute">2008 Naval dispute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Filipino_Monkey" title="Filipino Monkey">Filipino Monkey</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Cassandra" title="Project Cassandra">Project Cassandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%932011_detention_of_American_hikers_by_Iran" title="2009–2011 detention of American hikers by Iran">Detention of American hikers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contents_of_the_United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak_(Iran)" title="Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Iran)">United States diplomatic cables leak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_alleged_Iran_assassination_plot" title="2011 alleged Iran assassination plot">2011 alleged Iran assassination plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Strait_of_Hormuz_dispute" title="2011–2012 Strait of Hormuz dispute">Strait of Hormuz dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incident" title="Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident">RQ-170 incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Maersk_Tigris" title="MV Maersk Tigris">MV Maersk Tigris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_U.S.%E2%80%93Iran_naval_incident" title="2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident">2016 Naval incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Nuclear program of Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Timeline of the nuclear program of Iran">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P5%2B1" title="P5+1">P5+1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Merlin" title="Operation Merlin">Operation Merlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charming_Kitten" title="Charming Kitten">Charming Kitten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuxnet" title="Stuxnet">Stuxnet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Hossein_Alikhani" title="Kidnapping of Hossein Alikhani">Kidnapping of Hossein Alikhani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extradition_case_of_Meng_Wanzhou" title="Extradition case of Meng Wanzhou">Arrest of Meng Wanzhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deportation_of_Iranian_students_at_US_airports" title="Deportation of Iranian students at US airports">Deportation of Iranian students at US airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2019_Gulf_of_Oman_incident" title="May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident">May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2019_Gulf_of_Oman_incident" title="June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident">June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Iranian_shoot-down_of_American_drone" title="2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone">2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_K-1_Air_Base_attack" title="2019 K-1 Air Base attack">2019 K-1 Air Base attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2019_United_States_airstrikes_in_Iraq_and_Syria" title="December 2019 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria">December 2019 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_United_States_embassy_in_Baghdad" title="Attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad">Attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Iran_explosions" title="2020 Iran explosions">2020 Iran explosions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Erbil_rocket_attacks" title="2021 Erbil rocket attacks">2021 Erbil rocket attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Natanz_incident" title="2021 Natanz incident">2021 Natanz incident</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2021_United_States_airstrike_in_Syria" title="February 2021 United States airstrike in Syria">February 2021 United States airstrike in Syria</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leaked_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_audiotape" title="Leaked Mohammad Javad Zarif audiotape">Leaked Mohammad Javad Zarif audiotape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2021_United_States_airstrike_in_Syria" title="June 2021 United States airstrike in Syria">June 2021 United States airstrike in Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2021_Gulf_of_Oman_incident" title="July 2021 Gulf of Oman incident">July 2021 Gulf of Oman incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2021_Gulf_of_Oman_incident" title="August 2021 Gulf of Oman incident">August 2021 Gulf of Oman incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_U.S.%E2%80%93Iran_naval_incident" title="2021 U.S.–Iran naval incident">2021 U.S.–Iran naval incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Erbil_missile_attacks" title="2022 Erbil missile attacks">2022 Erbil missile attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2023_Northeastern_Syria_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2023 Northeastern Syria clashes">2023 Northeastern Syria clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suez_Rajan" class="mw-redirect" title="Suez Rajan">Seizure of Suez Rajan and St Nikolas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacks_on_U.S._bases_in_Iraq,_Jordan,_and_Syria_(2023%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)">Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Erbil_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Erbil attack">2024 Erbil attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_22_drone_attack" title="Tower 22 drone attack">Tower 22 drone attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections" title="Iranian interference in the 2024 United States elections">Iranian interference in the 2024 United States elections</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctions against Iran">Legislation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_sanctions_against_Iran" title="United States sanctions against Iran">United States sanctions against Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maximum_pressure_campaign" title="Maximum pressure campaign">Maximum pressure campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_12170" title="Executive Order 12170">Executive Order 12170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_12172" title="Executive Order 12172">Executive Order 12172</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13769" title="Executive Order 13769">Executive Order 13769</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_Executive_Order_13769" title="Reactions to Executive Order 13769">reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_travel_ban" title="Trump travel ban">Trump travel ban</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13780" title="Executive Order 13780">Executive Order 13780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13876" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive Order 13876">Executive Order 13876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_and_Libya_Sanctions_Act" title="Iran and Libya Sanctions Act">Iran and Libya Sanctions Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Nonproliferation_Act_of_2000" title="Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000">Iran Nonproliferation Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran,_North_Korea,_Syria_Nonproliferation_Act" title="Iran, North Korea, Syria Nonproliferation Act">Iran, North Korea, Syria Nonproliferation Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Freedom_and_Support_Act" title="Iran Freedom and Support Act">Iran Freedom and Support Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Sanctions_Enhancement_Act_of_2007" title="Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2007">Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyl%E2%80%93Lieberman_Amendment" title="Kyl–Lieberman Amendment">Kyl–Lieberman Amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Iran_Sanctions,_Accountability,_and_Divestment_Act_of_2010" title="Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010">Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Freedom_and_Counter-Proliferation_Act" title="Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act">Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Law_113-100" title="Public Law 113-100">Public Law 113-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Nuclear_Agreement_Review_Act_of_2015" title="Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015">Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Countering_America%27s_Adversaries_Through_Sanctions_Act" title="Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act">Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dames_%26_Moore_v._Regan" title="Dames & Moore v. Regan">Dames & Moore v. Regan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Diplomatic_and_Consular_Staff_in_Tehran" title="United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran">United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_Platforms_case" title="Oil Platforms case">Oil Platforms case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Banki" title="United States v. Banki">United States v. Banki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_Markazi_v._Peterson" title="Bank Markazi v. Peterson">Bank Markazi v. Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Certain_Iranian_Assets" title="Certain Iranian Assets">Certain Iranian Assets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubin_v._Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran">Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleged_Violations_of_the_1955_Treaty_of_Amity_(Iran_v._United_States)" title="Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity (Iran v. United States)">Alleged violations of Treaty of Amity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Groups and individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Action_Group" title="Iran Action Group">Iran Action Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93America_Society" title="Iran–America Society">Iran–America Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Students_Association_in_the_United_States" title="Iranian Students Association in the United States">Iranian Students Association in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Iranian_American_Council" title="National Iranian American Council">National Iranian American Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Iranian_American_Communities" title="Organization of Iranian American Communities">Organization of Iranian American Communities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Against_Nuclear_Iran" title="United Against Nuclear Iran">United Against Nuclear Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farashgard" title="Farashgard">Farashgard</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jundallah_(Iran)" title="Jundallah (Iran)">Jundallah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_Assembly_of_Iran" title="Kingdom Assembly of Iran">Kingdom Assembly of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="National Council of Iran">National Council of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran" title="National Council of Resistance of Iran">National Council of Resistance of Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Mojahedin_Organization_of_Iran" title="People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran">People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Abrams" title="Elliott Abrams">Elliott Abrams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Baskerville" title="Howard Baskerville">Howard Baskerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fallon" title="William J. Fallon">William J. Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hook" title="Brian Hook">Brian Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Macmanus" title="Joseph Macmanus">Joseph Macmanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Malley" title="Robert Malley">Robert Malley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_D._Mull" title="Stephen D. Mull">Stephen D. Mull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erwin_David_Rabhan" title="Erwin David Rabhan">Erwin David Rabhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Rezaian" title="Jason Rezaian">Jason Rezaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Ritter" title="Scott Ritter">Scott Ritter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Wadsworth" title="Craig Wadsworth">Craig Wadsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_R._White_(U.S._veteran)" title="Michael R. White (U.S. veteran)">Michael R. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxana_Saberi" title="Roxana Saberi">Roxana Saberi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Abedini" title="Saeed Abedini">Saeed Abedini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeid_Aboutaleb" title="Saeid Aboutaleb">Saeid Aboutaleb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahram_Amiri" title="Shahram Amiri">Shahram Amiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirous_Asgari" title="Sirous Asgari">Sirous Asgari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Reza_Banki" title="Mahmoud Reza Banki">Mahmoud Reza Banki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haleh_Esfandiari" title="Haleh Esfandiari">Haleh Esfandiari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Mirza_Hekmati" title="Amir Mirza Hekmati">Amir Mirza Hekmati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezedin_Abdel_Aziz_Khalil" title="Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil">Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahrzad_Mirgholikhan" title="Shahrzad Mirgholikhan">Shahrzad Mirgholikhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hosseini_(showman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Hosseini 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