Iranian Revolutionary Guards

Iran has a hidden network of military agencies managing to smuggle hardware past US blockade

“This is the complete ecosystem of the Iranian military’s trade business," said Miad Maleki, a former senior official at the US Treasury Department who helped design the American sanctions on Iran.

The USS George Washington conducts a replenishment at sea, receiving food and supplies from another vessel in the Arabian Sea, September 14, 2026. The aircraft carrier, capable of carrying more than 5,000 personnel, is enforcing a US naval blockade against Iran.
US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi meet ahead of a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Egyptian foreign minister 'extremely worried' US-Iran escalation will have major impact on Mideast

US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell, Montana, US, October 14, 2026.

Trump says Iran is in 'big trouble,' insists US is in no rush to reach nuclear deal

Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026.

IRGC says two tankers stopped south of Strait of Hormuz after ignoring radio warnings from Iran


The 41-year-old ‘cold case’ of missing IRGC commander finally solved - analysis

Ahmad Motevaselian disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 and for many decades Iran blamed Israel for his disappearance.

 Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Second IRGC adviser dead in third airstrike in Syria in a week

Initial reports indicated that the Dabaa airbase near al-Qusayr was targeted by the strike.

 Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.

IRGC Quds Force finances terrorism through money laundering scheme

An IRGC money laundering scheme that takes money away from the country’s coffers and puts it in the pockets of terrorists.

Members of a special IRGC force attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

Iran warns EU not to list Revolutionary Guards as terrorist entity

On Wednesday the European Parliament called for the EU to list the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard members in Tehran carry the casket of Iran Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Mohsen Ghajarian, who was killed in the northern province of Aleppo , Syria

European Parliament calls on EU to blacklist Iran's IRGC

On Thursday, the European Parliament is expected to pass another resolution dealing with Iran, including a call to declare the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization.

 Members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy participate in an exercise in the south of Iran, in this picture obtained on January 17, 2023.

Iran Revolution is not just a local problem but a global one - opinion

In the 120 days since the protests on 2022, Iran has ruthlessly murdered at least 525 protesters and detained and tortured countless more.

 THE BIGGEST disappointment was watching how Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was welcomed at the United Nations and the General Assembly, says the writer

Iran’s Guards arrest seven people linked to UK over protests

The government has blamed the unrest on demonstrators bent on the destruction of public property and says they are trained and armed by enemies including the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011.

US imposes sanctions on Turkish businessman, citing links to Iran's Quds Force

The US accused Sitki Ayan and his network of companies of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and money laundering on behalf of IRGC.

Members of a special IRGC force attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

Iran commander threatens to kidnap and enslave Netanyahu

IRGC Commander Mojtaba Fada said Iran would "frog march [Netanyahu] to Iran wearing a leash and a slave collar."

 ADDRESSING THE UN General Assembly in 2012, then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu draws a red line on an illustration depicting Iran’s ability to create a nuclear weapon.

Iran says it tests satellite-carrying rocket, US calls move 'destabilizing'

Washington fears the same long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit could also be used to launch nuclear warheads.

 A first military satellite named Noor is launched into orbit by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Semnan, Iran April 22, 2020.