Category: Iran

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IRGC Seal

IRGC: Iran’s Frontline Defense in Confrontation With the U.S.

(From Top World  Intelligence Agencies) MOIS is one of two organizations responsible for conducting covert activities outside of Iran. The other is the Qods Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The IRGC is a parallel military forces to Iran’s regular armed forces with its own navy, air force, and cyber-command. The Qods...

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Video of tanker

Navy Releases Video of Alleged Iranian Attack, Proving Nothing

As the Trump administration blamed Iran for two attacks on Persian Gulf oil tankers and Iran blamed a U.S. “false flag” operation, the U.S. Navy released this video that shows an alleged Iranian ship, allegedly removing an unexploded mine from the side of a tanker. The claims for the video are unverified. Given the Trump...

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Mike Pompeo

The Trumped-Up Case Against Iran’s ‘Terrorist’ IRGC

The initial coverage of President Trump’s designation of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist organization” has oddly avoided a central question. CIA and Pentagon officials tell the New York Times the decision would threaten U.S. military personnel in the region. Iraqi observers tell Al-Monitor’s Laura Rozen the designation might alienate Iraq...