Quds Force
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| Commander | Esmail Ghaani |
|---|---|
| Coordinator Deputy Commander | Ahmad Sabouri |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters location | Tehran, Iran |
| Branch | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| Engagements | Iran–Iraq War |
| Syrian civil war | |
| 1982 Lebanon War | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2420794 |
About Quds Force
The Quds Force is a unit in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations.
Kidnap alert heightens Iran-Israel shadow war fears
... " The head of Iran s elite Quds Force - the Revolutionary Guards overseas operations arm - Gen Esmail Qaani, declared that Iran will continue to back any anti-US or anti-Israel movement anywhere after the US, to the shock of much of the world, killed his predecessor Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in January 2020...
Rwanda asylum: Iranian policeman who defied orders says he fears for his life
... The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) is Iran s most powerful military force and runs a shadowy overseas operations arm called the Quds Force...
Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guard assassinated
... Colonel Khodai was a senior member of the elite Quds Force, a shadowy external arm of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) that carries out operations abroad...
Israel's Mossad suspected of high-level Iran penetration
... A former intelligence officer for the IRGC Quds Force (its overseas operations arm) has told the BBC foreign agencies have gathered evidence against a number of Iranian ambassadors and IRGC commanders...
Families seek justice for Iran plane crash victims
... Currently, only the IRGC s Quds Force - which manages its clandestine operations abroad - is included...
Week in pictures: 4 - 10. January 2020
... A drone photo shows thousands of Iranians attending the funeral of General Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran s Quds Force in Tehran...
Qasem Soleimani: Why his killing is good news for jihadists
...Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who died in a strike killed Qasem Soleimani The Islamic state (IS) group welcomes the fact that the death of the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force...
Crisis in Iran: Commander says more air strikes were planned against US
... As head of the Revolutionary guard of the elite Quds Force, he was an architect of Iran policy in the Middle East...
Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guard assassinated
A colonel in the powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guards has been shot dead in a rare assassination in Tehran.
Two gunman on a motorbike are reported to have shot Colonel Sayad Khodai five times in a car outside his home.
So Far , no group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack, and a manhunt is under way for The Gunmen .
It is the biggest security breach in Iran since 2020 when a leading nuclear scientist was killed, The Bbc 's Middle East Editor Sebastian Usher says.
Images from The Scene show a bloodied man slumped over in a car with his seatbelt still on.
Colonel Khodai was a senior member of The Elite Quds Force , a shadowy external arm of The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) that carries out operations abroad. The United States accuses The Force of supporting terrorist organisations and being responsible for attacks across the Middle East .
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said The Colonel was assassinated by " sworn enemies" of Iran who are " The Terrorist agents affiliated with the global arrogance" - a reference to the US and its Allies - and said other countries that " claim to be fighting terrorism are regrettably silent and support it".
Previously, of being behind such High Profile assassinations.
As news of The Assassination broke, Iranian state news reported that Revolutionary Guards had exposed and arrested a network of Israeli spies. There has been no official comment from Israel.
Khodai is The Second High Profile Quds Force leader to be killed in recent years.
In 2020, by a US Air Strike in Iraq. He spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of the Quds Force , and his death marked a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.
In the same year, in Tehran. Fakhrizadeh - who was so important he was always accompanied by several Bodyguards - Played a crucial role in Iran's nuclear programme but the government insists its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful.
Iran accused Israel of using a remote-controlled weapon to kill Him .
Source of news: bbc.com
Quds Force Photos
