Revolutionary Guards Corp

Iran's first drone carrier joins the Revolutionary Guards' fleet

"The addition of this ship to our fleet is an important step in increasing the defense and deterrence capability of Iran."

 Commander-in-Chief of Iran's Army, Abdolrahim Mousavi visits drones during a ceremony of the joining new drones to the Iranian Army's combat organisation in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on January 13, 2025.
 Islamic Centre of England, 140 Maida Vale, London W9. Built in 1912 as a cinema, converted in 1949 into the Carlton Rooms dance hall, converted in 1965 into a Mecca bingo club and casino, converted in 1995 into a mosque and Islamic cultural centre.

UK gave £700,000 in COVID furlough payments to six IRGC-linked UK charities

 The scene of the assassination in Damascus

This is what Iranian revenge might look like, and which dilemmas Israel could face

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023

Iran vows revenge on Israel for strike that kills 5 guards in Damascus


Who could be Israel's next targets after killing of Iranian commander?

After an Israeli airstrike killed senior IRGC commander Sayyed Razi Mousavi, Iran International published names of who could be Israel's next targets.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pray next to the coffin of senior adviser for Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Sayyed Razi Mousavi, during his funeral in Tehran, Iran December 28, 2023

EU cannot brand IRGC as terror group before court ruling - Borrel

The European Parliament last week called on the EU to list the IRGC as a terrorist entry.

 People rally against Iranian regime during a European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs council in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2023.

EU to sanction 37 Iranians, its parliament asks it to target IRGC

"We believe we should already start working on the fifth [sanctions package] to list IRGC as a terrorist organization," said one EU diplomat.

 Flags of European Union and Ukraine flutter outside EU Parliament building, in Brussels, Belgium, February 28, 2022

IRGC warns Iranian Sunni cleric over 'agitating' against Islamic Republic

Unrest has swept Iran in recent weeks, including areas home to ethnic minorities with long-standing grievances against the state.

 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami, attends the funeral ceremony of Colonel Sayad Khodai, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, in Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2022

Iran’s IRGC seizes South Korean tanker in naval piracy

The IRGC also behaves more like a pirate navy than an actual navy, harassing ships, threatening others and sometimes outright stealing and hijacking vessels.

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz

How could Iran retaliate for Natanz explosion? - analysis

Iran’s regime, led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, believes in two types of actions. It believes first in perceived tit-for-tat responses and also in asymmetric attacks.

View of a damage building after a fire broke out at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran, July 2, 2020.

Roadside bomb targets Revolutionary Guards in southeast Iran

A local commander from the Revolutionary Guards was wounded in the explosion in Sistan and Baluchistan province, Fadahossein Maleki.

General view of damages after a bomb inside a car exploded outside a police station in Chabahar, Iran December 6, 2018

Iran 'mystery' explosion may have been at a secret ballistic missile site

Regional media is now speculating that something worse may have happened when a massive explosion caused light in the night skies over Iran last week.

A still image from video footage shows Bavar-373 mobile missile system in Iran

Iran: US warships will be destroyed if threaten Iran's interests in Gulf

"Security of the Persian Gulf is part of Iran's strategic priorities."

Iranian Navy ships on a training exercise

Iran will give a decisive response to any 'mistake' by the US in the Gulf

Video and photos showed the fast boats also harassing the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton. In the video the Iranian boats speed around the US warships.

Iranian Navy ships on a training exercise

Iran parliamentary elections might give Khamenei loyalists a tighter grip

Like hardliners, conservatives back the ruling theocracy, but unlike them support more engagement with the outside world.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures as he meets a group of Iranian Air Force officers in Tehran