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This is how Iran’s Revolutionary Guard became a powerful force within the country’s theocracy

IRGC is in the spotlight as Iran launches attacks across the Middle East in the wake of the US and Israeli strikes that have killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking Iranian officials; it controls Iran's ballistic missile arsenal

AP | 03.02.26

Iran taps general linked to 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish center bombing as new IRGC chief

A day after the assassination of Mohammad Pakpour in the opening blow of the campaign, reports say that his replacement is the former interior minister Ahmad Vahidi, wanted for involvement in the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center building in Buenos Aires

Lior Ben-Ari | 03.01.26

IDF confirms Iranian defense minister, IRGC chief among officials killed in opening strike

The operation began with a preemptive strike after the military identified several locations in Tehran where senior Iranian defense officials had gathered

Yaron Drukman, Ron Crissy | 02.28.26

שליש שלישים עלי שמחאני, עלי חמינאי ועזיז נאסירזאדה

Khamenei, IRGC commander, defense chief among Iranian officials possibly killed in strike

The opening strikes occurred at about 8:10 a.m., when the military simultaneously attacked several locations in Tehran where senior political and security officials were convening

Ron Crissy, Yaron Drukman | 02.28.26

Report: Khamenei to be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed

CIA assessments, produced over the past two weeks, examined potential scenarios inside Iran following US intervention and evaluated whether military action could trigger regime change in the Islamic Republic

Reuters | 02.28.26

בסיס צבאיים שהוצגו בחשבונות X המזוהים עם משמרות המהפכה שפורסמו בהם סרטונים המציגים בסיסי צבא בישראל ובמדינות האזור כמטרות אפשריות לתקיפה

Iran signals US bases in range, showcases missiles capable of reaching Europe | Watch

State-linked outlets air videos naming bases in Gulf, Africa and Israel as tensions rise before nuclear talks

Lior Ben Ari, Nina Fox | 02.25.26

Israel’s war aim with Iran must be apocalyptic

From catastrophe to an apocalyptic objective in Israel’s next war with Iran

Opinion: Limited retaliation is no longer sufficient; any future war with Iran must aim to eliminate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as an operational force

Shmuel Harlap | 02.21.26

אירועים ב איראן לציון 47 שנה ל המהפכה האיסלאמית ב טהרן

Iran marks 1979 revolution with Israeli flag burnings, missiles and 'coffins' for US generals

The anniversary comes weeks after a deadly crackdown on mass protests, as nuclear talks resume with Washington and Iranian officials warn any US strike would trigger missile fire toward Israel

Lior Ben Ari | 02.11.26

A regime agent is seen manning a machine gun during widespread street protests

Cracks behind the uniforms: the silent fracture inside IRGC

Some Iranian military personnel are dissatisfied with the killing of protesters; a member of the IRGC in Tehran says he has resigned

Omid Habibinia/The Media Line | 02.06.26

חברי פרלמנט באיראן לובשים את מדי משמרות המהפכה לישיבה הבוקר

Khamenei warns US any attack on Iran would trigger a 'regional war'

Iranian supreme leader's remarks come as parliament openly defies the European Union over decision to designate the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization, citing Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests

News agencies, Lior Ben Ari | 02.01.26

Iran declares EU armies ‘terrorist groups’ after Revolutionary Guard blacklisting

Iranian lawmakers wear Revolutionary Guard uniforms in show of defiance, as parliament speaker accuses Europe of bowing to US pressure

Reuters | 02.01.26

Years of quiet diplomacy pay off as Europe brands Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization

Long before protests erupted in Iran, Israel pressed European governments to blacklist the Revolutionary Guards Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Mossad and Military Intelligence led a sustained effort now bearing fruit, senior official says

Itamar Eichner | 01.30.26

EU designates Revolutionary Guard as terror group; Iran warns of 'major strategic mistake'

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the decision places the powerful Guard in the same category as groups such as al-Qaida and the Islamic State; US sending additional warships to the region amid rising tensions

ynet, News Agencies | 01.29.26

EU appears poised to sanction Iran's Revolutionary Guard over protest crackdown

Move puts IRGC 'on same footing with al-Qaida, Hamas, Islamic State,' says EU foreign policy chief Kallas, adding pressure as Iran’s economy reels under sanctions

Associated Press | 01.29.26

France reverses course, backs EU terror designation for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels on Thursday and were already expected to approve new sanctions in response to Iran’s crackdown on protests that has left thousands killed and thousands more arrested

Reuters | 01.28.26