Recent Highlights
All Stories for Iran Revolutionary Guards
Iran Revolutionary Guards general killed while 'on a mission' in Syria: state media
• 3 years agoGeneral Abolfazl Alijani, a member of the IRGC's ground forces who was on a mission in Syria as a military adviser, was martyred on Sunday, the state media said. Iran says it has deployed its forces in Syria at the invitation of Damascus and only as advisers
Iran Revolutionary Guards seize two Greek oil tankers in the Gulf
• 3 years agoGreece swiftly accused Iran of "piracy". Its foreign ministry said Iranian helicopters had landed commandos on the two tankers
Israel tells US it was behind killing of Iran Revolutionary Guards colonel: NYT
• 3 years agoOn 22 May, colonel Sayyad Khodai was shot dead by a gunman on the back of a motorcycle as he sat in a car outside his home in Tehran
After Qassem Soleimani assassination, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appoints Esmail Ghaani head of Iran's elite Quds Forces
Fp Staff • 5 years agoIran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday appointed Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani as head of the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations arm, the Quds Forces, after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, who had led the defence agency since 1998.
Iran-US tensions: Britain rules out seized tanker swap with Tehran, sends its most advanced warship to escort ships
• 6 years agoBritain on Monday ruled out swapping seized oil tankers with Iran as a second UK warship arrived in the Gulf to conduct convoys that have irritated Tehran
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seize 10 US sailors, 2 boats: Obama govt scrambles to get them back
Fp Archives • 9 years agoIran's Revolutionary Guards in a statement early today confirmed they had seized two American boats and 10 sailors in "Iranian territory" near the Farsi island in the Gulf.