Quds Force
Israel Strikes Key Iranian Drone Factory in Syria
The Israeli Air Force conducted a missile strike against a Syrian airport on Friday night, destroying a facility used by the Hezbollah militant group to assemble drones, according to the...
Belgium’s Parliament Must Reject the Iran Transfer Treaty
The “Treaty Between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons” will be a stunning mistake if Belgium’s Federal Parliament approves it...
Israel Acknowledges Responsibility for Iranian Officer’s Assassination
Israeli officials informed their American counterparts on Wednesday that Israel was responsible for the assassination of Col. Hassan Sayad Khodayari, an officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who...
How Iran Built Hezbollah Into a Top Cyber Power
Since the Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Tehran has focused on expanding its cyber operations and digital surveillance capabilities. Iran sees its ally, Hezbollah, as a key part of...
Qassem Soleimani Statue Destroyed in Iran on Anniversary of Killing
A statue of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force division of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was burned to cinders by an unidentified arsonist in the...
Why Iran’s Army Isn’t as Tough as it Appears on Paper
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The IRGC, an equal service alongside the Ground Forces, maintains land forces of its own. The hundred-thousand-strong Ground Forces of the Army of the Guardians...
Iran’s Conventional Army Is Not What America Needs To Worry About
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Much like China’s army in the 1980s, the Iranian Army and other ground forces are large but poorly armed. One of the most powerful and...
Forget the Iranian Army: The Real Threat Is Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Quds Force typically operates alongside nonstate actors such as Hezbollah, providing training, weapons and support. One of the most powerful and influential countries in...
Iran Doesn’t Need a Strong Conventional Military to Pose a Serious Threat
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Tehran established self-sufficiency programs—not just in the air force, but across the nation’s economy—in an effort to satisfy material needs that foreign companies had once...
The Houthis Might be Using North Korean Missiles
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Houthis inherited from the defunct Yemeni military a large number of Soviet-exported Scuds as well as North Korean-made Scuds called “Hwasong-6s.” It’s possible...
Is Israel Ready? Iran Is Upgrading its Drone Arsenal
Here’s What You Need to Remember: It’s unclear how many Fotros drones the IRGCGF might acquire and how exactly the force might deploy them. But the drone-acquisition is consistent with a...
Why Iran Won’t Easily Recover from Mohammad Hejazi’s Death
The sudden death of Mohammad Hejazi, the former deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, in April represents another blow to the regime’s praetorian guard, following...