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IRGC start military drills in Iran

IRGC start military drills in Iran

The Ground Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) have started military maneuvers in the Dasht-e Kavir desert. Codenamed Payambar-e-A’azam (the Great Prophet) 11, the wargames got off the ground on Monday, …

US congressmen seek new sanctions against Iran

US congressmen seek new sanctions against Iran

US Representatives Peter J. Roskam, Lee Zeldin , Leonard Lance and Doug Lamborn introduced the Iran Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017 to target the Islamic Republic's support for terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic missile program. …

US Navy destroyer fires warning shots at Iranian vessels

US Navy destroyer fires warning shots at Iranian vessels

A US Navy destroyer fired three warning shots towards four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels on Sunday after they closed in at a high rate of speed in the Strait of Hormuz, two US defense officials said. The …

 Iran increasing production of ballistic missiles - media

Iran increasing production of ballistic missiles - media

Iran has increased the number of its ballistic missiles, while increasing their precision-striking capability, the Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, …

IRGC plane crashes in southeast Iran

IRGC plane crashes in southeast Iran

An Iranian military plane crashed in Saravan city in south eastern Sistan and Balouchestan province of Iran, killing the pilot. The incident occurred at 9:30 local time, when the ultra-light gyroplane belonging to the Islamic …

IRGC pilot killed in plane crash near Iranshahr

IRGC pilot killed in plane crash near Iranshahr

An Iranian military plane crashed in the city of Iranshahr in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan in the east of the country, killing the pilot Ahmad Maylee and injuring his co-pilot, Tasnim news agency reports. The …

IRGC: ISIL created to target Iran

IRGC: ISIL created to target Iran

ISIL was created to weaken Iran, the Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Qassem Soleimani, said during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the killing of Brigadier …

Iranian security forces prevent terrorist attack

Iranian security forces prevent terrorist attack

Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezayee disclosed that the country's security forces have captured a number of ISIL terrorists who plotted to carry out suicide attacks at the University of Tehran. …

IRGC Navy receives long-range fast cruising vessel

IRGC Navy receives long-range fast cruising vessel

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has unveiled a domestically-designed and -manufactured long-range and fast cruising vessel with a helipad on its deck to accommodate a helicopter gunship. The watercraft, dubbed …

Terrorist group busted on Iranian-Turkish border

Terrorist group busted on Iranian-Turkish border

A terrorist group trying to infiltrate Iran using the country's border with Turkey were busted Thursday morning by the IRGC forces, IRNA reports. The four terrorists using the Turkish border to enter Iran, were intercepted by forces …

Iran says 13 IRGC forces killed in Syria

Iran says 13 IRGC forces killed in Syria

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says 13 of its military advisers have been killed and 21 others wounded in Syria in recent days, Press TV reported. In a statement on Saturday, the …

Ali Khamenei's bodyguard dies during training mission

Ali Khamenei's bodyguard dies during training mission

An officer of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and one of the bodyguards of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Lieutenant-Colonel Hassan Akbari, has been martyred …

IRGC starts three-day military drills

IRGC starts three-day military drills

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has embarked on large-scale security drills in the country’s southeast, Press TV reports. The maneuvers, codenamed The Great Prophet (PBUH), started out in Sistan-and-Baluchestan …

Iran tests two more missiles

Iran tests two more missiles

Iran has tested two ballistic missiles, local media report. "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles in the framework of the ongoing missile drills. The missiles were fired from the …

 Iranian general killed in Syria

Iranian general killed in Syria

The commander of Iran's Emam Reza armored brigade, IRGC general Mohsen Gajarian, was killed in Syria during recent battles against Daesh According to the Fars agency, the general may have been killed during battles …

IRGC Colonel killed in Syria

IRGC Colonel killed in Syria

A battalion commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Colonel Muslim Hizab, was killed in Syria. Muslim Hizab was on a consultation mission in Syria. The colonel was buried in …

IRGC commander killed near Aleppo

IRGC commander killed near Aleppo

The top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani,  has been killed in Syria on October 8. He was killed near the city of Aleppo during his mission to provide …