US EditionIRGC Vows ‘Most Powerful Operation’ After Khamenei Killed: What Is This Brutal Armed Force?
Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi assumes command of the IRGC after US-Israel strikes killed Iran's Supreme Leader and senior commanders.
- On February 28, US and Israel carried out joint strikes that reportedly killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and IRGC commander Mohammad Pakpour, with Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi appointed shortly after.
- Founded after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the IRGC functions as a parallel military body that answers directly to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- More than 190,000 troops give the IRGC reach across Iran, with ground forces in 31 provinces, an air arm of 15,000 personnel running ballistic missiles, and a naval force patrolling the Strait of Hormuz.
- Amid mounting tensions, the IRGC announced plans for `the most massive and powerful offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic`, targeting Israel and US military bases across the region.
- Last year, reports suggested Khamenei may have shifted authority to the Supreme Council of the Iranian military, while Jason Brodsky warned the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could supplant Iran's political succession process.
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IRGC vows ‘most powerful operation’ after Khamenei killed: What is this brutal armed force?
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran in the US-Israel strikes has turned the focus on the deadly Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Acting as a parallel military, it has vowed to launch the ‘most ferocious offensive’. It is all-powerful within the country — controlling the vast arsenal of ballistic missiles as well as providing active support to the many militias abroad
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Boston HeraldDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatens "the most intense offensive" against Israel and US bases in the Middle East.
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