Quds Force
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Commander | Esmail Ghaani |
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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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... The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) is Iran s most powerful military force and runs a shadowy overseas operations arm called the Quds Force...
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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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... 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...
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... 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...
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... As head of the Revolutionary guard of the elite Quds Force, he was an architect of Iran policy in the Middle East...
Qasem Soleimani: Boris Johnson said the U. S. air attack
Boris Johnson was not warned, the US air attack in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general, the BBC understands.
the UK has 400 troops based in the Middle East and together with the U.S. troops in the region. to say
the President of Donald Trump , the UK PM over The Attack , he ordered.
head of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn asked the Lord to confirm Johnson, The Attack on the UK was it from the air.
In a letter to the Prime Minister , he asked, if he had, if he is well informed, it would have been in the run-up, the government expressed its opposition to The Attack .
He also called for an urgent meeting of the air attack, discuss consequences, and asked what the government was doing to ensure the safety of the citizens of the United Kingdom.
Meanwhile, Tory MP, Tom Tugendhat said that it is a "pattern" from the current White house information with its allies was a "concern".
the former Chairman of the house Committee on Foreign Affairs, added: "I have long believed that the purpose of the allies is so we can surprise our enemies, not each other. "
The death of Gen Soleimani "is sure to be a big blow against the Iranian regime", but "undoubtedly impact" elsewhere, Mr Tugendhat, told Bbc News .
foreign Minister Dominic Raab do not have, you can speak to US at Secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Friday, even though The Call is known.
'Aggressive threat"Mr. Pompeo, he was "grateful that our allies continue to recognise the end of the aggressive threats by the Iranian Quds Force . "
Mr Raab issued a statement, urging "all parties to de-escalate" after the assassination of Gen Soleimani.
He accepted The British ", said the aggressive threat" Gen Soleimani, but "further conflict is in none of our interests".
already been warned to avoid British nationals, rallies, marches or processions in Iran over the Three Days of national mourning, the country was called, for the Generation of Soleimani.
as well as the troops, there are more than 400 British personnel are in Iraq , where The Strike took place.
The troops are there insurgents to training Iraqi forces to combat Islamic state.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said earlier, he is someone who was in the UK, a note that the air attack a certain place, and adds: "it is My impression that these prisoners be thinking of The British government, largely by surprise. "
The Killing of Gen Soleimani marks a major escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said: "strict revenge is waiting for The Criminals " behind The Attack , but a statement from The Pentagon said Gen Soleimani "has been active in the development of plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and in the region of tyre tyre".
'Closer to the edge'head of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn said that the "US bombing" is a "serious and dangerous escalation".
Mr Corbyn said Britain "is the "reluctance" of both Iran and the United States - and called on the government, "against the military actions and the rhetoric coming from the United States ".
He added: "All the countries in the region and beyond should strive to avoid, ratchet down the tensions, the deepening of the conflict, which only bring further misery to the region, the 17 years after the disastrous invasion of Iraq . "
the actions of the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Sir, Ed Davey , said that "Iran is a brutal regime," but accused the President of the trumpet "once again, radically and ruthlessly tensions escalated in an area where peacekeeping was already on a Knife Edge ".
He called for an immediate statement from Boris Johnson on The British position, and adds: "The UK should not follow automatically, which assumes the position of the Trumpf Board of management, but working with a larger group of affected States in the United Nations . "
Other British members, the response to The Incident on Twitter.
Labour's shadow foreign Minister Emily Thornberry said: "For two years I have warned about the trump card of the ruthless drive to war with Iran. Last Night , we are to attack, even closer to the edge.
"Those of us who marched against the war in Iraq has to be ready to March again, and ensure that we are in this swamp. "
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has to condemn The British government for the murder, and to meet at the "work with colleagues in the United States with Trump, the reckless and dangerous foreign policy".
And The Deputy Chairman of the Northern Irish Alliance Party, Stephen Farry , said it was "time for cooler Heads ".
iraq, qasem soleimani, iran, jeremy corbyn, donald trump, united states, dominic raab
Source of news: bbc.com