All posts tagged: IRGC

Bahrain jails nine defendants for life for ‘cooperating’ with Iran’s IRGC | Espionage News

Bahrain jails nine defendants for life for ‘cooperating’ with Iran’s IRGC | Espionage News

Published by Sam Flores

Convictions handed down amid an intensified crackdown by Bahraini authorities on individuals accused of having ties to Tehran. Published On 24 May 202624 May 2026 Bahrain has sentenced nine people to life in prison for carrying out what authorities describe as “hostile and terrorist acts” in cooperation with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Two other defendants were also jailed for three years each after being convicted of collaborating with the IRGC in what prosecutors described as “terrorist and espionage” activities, state media reported on Sunday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The convictions were handed down during an intensified crackdown by Bahraini authorities on individuals accused of ties to Tehran. The crackdown followed a wave of Iranian strikes on Bahrain after the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran in late February. Iran began striking all of its Gulf neighbours in response, saying it was targeting American interests, including military bases. Prosecutors said some of the defendants photographed vital and strategic sites in Bahrain on behalf of the IRGC. Others …

Ivanka Trump Was Reportedly Targeted For Assassination By IRGC Terrorist

Ivanka Trump Was Reportedly Targeted For Assassination By IRGC Terrorist

Published by Jenni Sidey

First Daughter Ivanka Trump was allegedly targeted in an assassination plot by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-trained terrorist seeking revenge for the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, reportedly pledged to kill Ivanka Trump and was found with a blueprint of her Florida home after his recent capture, according to an exclusive report from the New York Post. The alleged plot traces directly to the January 2020 drone strike that killed Soleimani in Baghdad.  Al-Saadi, who US authorities describe as a high-ranking operative within Iraq-Iran terror circles, had reportedly idolized the IRGC Quds Force commander as a father figure after his father died in a plane crash in 2006. That personal connection, analysts say, transformed a political grievance into something far more volatile. Ivanka Trump, 44, who converted to Orthodox Judaism before marrying Jared Kushner in 2009, emerged as Al-Saadi’s primary target.  Entifadh Qanbar, a former deputy military attaché at the Iraqi embassy in Washington and now head of the Future Foundation, says Al-Saadi began openly vowing …

Bahrain rounds up dozens over alleged links to Iran’s IRGC | US-Israel war on Iran News

Bahrain rounds up dozens over alleged links to Iran’s IRGC | US-Israel war on Iran News

Published by Sam Flores

Interior Ministry says legal proceedings are under way against the 41 people arrested. Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026 Bahrain’s Interior Ministry says it has arrested dozens of people in the country accused of belonging to a group linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The ministry announced the arrests of 41 people in a statement on Saturday, saying “legal proceedings are under way against them”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The statement did not list specific charges against the individuals, but said their arrests relate to earlier investigations into espionage and expressions of support for Iranian attacks during the war launched against Iran in late February by Israel and the United States. Iran fired thousands of missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours, including Bahrain, during the war, causing significant damage to US military sites. Bahrain has since cracked down on perceived pro-Iran support within its borders, warning that anyone who glorifies or expresses support for Iranian attacks could be prosecuted. Bahraini authorities carried out several earlier rounds of …

Unexploded Ordnance Accident Kills 14 IRGC Members: State Media

Unexploded Ordnance Accident Kills 14 IRGC Members: State Media

Published by Jenni Sidey

Trump’s operation Epic Fury saw a combined number of US-Israeli strikes in the many thousands unleashed on Iran. The common high estimates suggest over 13,000 strikes by the American side, and possibly 10,000 by the Israelis – which are staggering figures. While the severe damage to Iranian cities, bases, missile sites, and infrastructure has been abundantly clear – the hidden reality is the apparently persistent danger of unexploded ordnance still littering the country. On Friday state media reported a mass casualty event involving Iranian military members due to unexploded bombs. “An explosion of leftover bombs from strikes during the war against Iran killed 14 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian media reports,” AFP reports based on state media. Example of large unexploded bomb in Gaza, Getty Images “A report by the Nour news website, believed to be close to Iran’s security, says the explosion happened near the northern city of Zanjan, which is northwest of Tehran,” AFP continues. And notably, “It is the largest number of IRGC members reported to be killed since …

Ships Crossing Hormuz Need OK From IRGC, Unfreezing Funds Part of Deal, Iran Official Says

Ships Crossing Hormuz Need OK From IRGC, Unfreezing Funds Part of Deal, Iran Official Says

Published by Sam Flores

By Parisa Hafezi and Jonathan Saul DUBAI/LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – All ships can sail through the ⁠Strait ⁠of Hormuz but this needs to be coordinated ⁠with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a senior Iranian official told Reuters, adding that unfreezing Iranian funds was part ​of the deal. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X that the strait was open after a ceasefire accord was agreed in Lebanon, while U.S. President Donald Trump said ‌he believed a deal to end the Iran ‌war would come “soon”, although the timing remains unclear. Hundreds of ships and 20,000 seafarers have remained stranded inside the Gulf waiting to pass through the key waterway, which handles ⁠about 20% of ⁠the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas flows. The Iranian official said transits would be restricted to ​lanes that Iran deemed safe, adding that military vessels were still prohibited from crossing the strait. “Releasing Iran’s funds was part of the agreement for reopening the strait,” the official noted, referring to an estimated $30 billion in frozen revenue, generated mainly …

Mojtaba Khamenei has called for Iranian unity – but he may not be alive

Mojtaba Khamenei has called for Iranian unity – but he may not be alive

Published by Sam Flores

Four days after being selected as Iran’s supreme leader and nearly two weeks into a war that killed his immediate family, Mojtaba Khamenei released his first statement. It was not a speech. It was not a video address. It was a written message read aloud by a state television news anchor. The message warned the US to close its Gulf bases immediately, or the host countries would face further attacks. The Strait of Hormuz should remain blocked. And there would be revenge for every Iranian killed by US-Israeli bombs, including special retribution for the children killed at the girls’ school in Minab, probably because of a US Tomahawk missile. Of course, it was a rallying call to the people of Iran, and a spiky threat to the US and its allies. But it revealed nothing about the condition of the man who commands Iran’s war effort and holds absolute authority over the country’s nearly 100 million people. According to an official speaking from inside Iran, military commanders prosecuting the war have received no orders from …

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ‘very good links with the IRGC’

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ‘very good links with the IRGC’

Published by Sam Flores

Jean-Emile Jammine is pleased to welcome Dr H. A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) for Defence and International Security Studies in London. The succession process currently unfolding in Iran must be understood within the extraordinary context of wartime decision-making, Dr Hellyer explains. The debate over Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment is less about dynastic succession than about institutional power inside the Islamic Republic. Hence, his relationship with Iran’s powerful IRGC is of utmost importance. Keywords for this article Source link

The thin-skinned tyrant behind atrocities from Israel to Argentina

The thin-skinned tyrant behind atrocities from Israel to Argentina

Published by Sam Flores

The Ayatollah wore a simple brown cloak and shunned ostentation or luxury. He would spend hours preaching Islamic virtues to deferential crowds. He was sometimes photographed alongside his infant grandson. Yet for all his displays of modesty, Ali Khamenei, the late supreme leader of Iran, was one of the most bloodsoaked tyrants ever to have tormented his country and stained the annals of the Middle East. Under his sway, Iran inflamed wars and sponsored terrorists the length and breadth of the region and sometimes on the far side of the world. Wherever you saw conflict and unrest – from Gaza to Syria and from Yemen to Lebanon – you could trace a link back to Iran’s revolutionary regime. It was precisely because Khamenei was, from 1989 onwards, the revolutionary leader of an Islamic Republic that he was willing to go to such lengths against his enemies at home or abroad. Khamenei and his commanders inspect members of the Basij militia in Tehran in 2007 – ISNA/AFP/Getty Khamenei believed that he ruled with divine authority and …