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.
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... " 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...
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... 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...
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... Currently, only the IRGC s Quds Force - which manages its clandestine operations abroad - is included...
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... A drone photo shows thousands of Iranians attending the funeral of General Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran s Quds Force in Tehran...
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Esmail Qaani: The new man, the leading Iran's elite Quds Force
Iran promised, there were serious revenge would be was "" according to Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani , killed in a U.S. drone strike. If there is retaliation Soleimani, long-term Deputy, Esmail Qaani, will be The One that leads.
after The Assassination of Gen Qaani, the new head of Iran's elite Quds was Force.
The Quds Force is the overseas operations arm of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), to defend in The Wake of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the country's Islamic system.
Gene Qaani, 63, born in the North-Eastern city of Mashad, Iran-the second-most populous city and an important pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims. He joined the revolutionary guard in 1980.
As Soleimani, Gen Qaani a veteran of the bloody 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, the struggle of the forces of the new Iranian government against the then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein .
Gene Qaani, the friendship, the pair forged through the hardships of The Conflict has said. "We are children of war," the Iranian media quoted him as saying.
After The War , he joined the Quds Force and was stationed in Khorasan province, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
Little is known about his activities, but it is believed that while Soleimani is focused on The West , Gen Qaani saw after the Iranian priorities in The East , such as the combat of drug smuggling and support of the Afghan Northern Alliance in their fight against the Taliban
Gene Qaani is also said to be carried by a day-to-day administrative role in the armed forces.
In a mark of his seniority in the organisation, Gene Qaani was sanctioned by the United States in 2012 for his work on the financing of the Quds Force operations around The World .
Soleimani worked to strengthen the state-owned Iranian influence in the Middle East , play an active role in the Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.
Gene Qaani the challenge to emulate his predecessor, A Man hailed as a hero by many in Iran and someone, widely regarded as The Most powerful man in the country, behind the Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .
He quickly echoed the action promises from the Iranian leadership about Soleimani's death.
"God Almighty has promised to us, take martyrs Soleimani revenge. Certainly, measures will be taken," he said on state television.
notice Gen Qaani as a Soleimani's successor, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the Quds Force would be "unchanged".
Although there are questions whether the new Quds Force chief match Soleimani's influence, analysts say, the strength of the IRGC owes More Than just the individual.
"It is difficult to expect Qaani, the bureaucrats, to emulate his predecessor, charismatic leadership,"
"That is to say, Qaani is going to take influence, however, because of the institutional power of the Quds Force itself. "
the author of the revolutionary guard, and an assistant professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States.
He said the IRGC "relies much less on people, as many analysts believe," and added: "Soleimani's death will have an impact, but there is no discernible change in Iran is the regional network or operations. Revenge aside. "
iraq, qasem soleimani, iran, donald trump, iran-us relations
Source of news: bbc.com
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