IRGC

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  • oil tankers 2026-11-03 20:04

    Three oil tankers explode and catch fire in Strait of Hormuz: IRGC Navy

    TEHRAN – Three oil tankers exploded and caught fire after entering an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz and striking sea mines, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy said on Tuesday.

  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry 2026-11-01 20:11

    Iran designates MI6, Royal Navy and RAF under reciprocal measures against UK

    TEHRAN — Iran has announced reciprocal measures against the United Kingdom, designating its foreign intelligence service, MI6, as a hostile group and its Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organizations, in response to 'Britain's unlawful and hostile actions against the Islamic Republic.'

  • Senior Iranian officials 2026-11-01 19:58

    Iran pursues expanded deterrence strategy, calls for new regional security order

    TEHRAN – Iran's military and political leadership has outlined a broader strategy for confronting potential threats, combining expanded military preparedness, a wider operational theater, stronger deterrence capabilities, and diplomatic efforts to establish a regional security framework independent of outside powers.

  • three tanker 2026-10-30 23:19

    Iran reports destruction of US drone and three tanker incidents in Strait of Hormuz

    TEHRAN – Iran’s armed forces have reported the destruction of two different American unmanned platforms and incidents involving three oil tankers attempting to navigate unauthorized routes through the Strait of Hormuz, as the country maintains restrictions on maritime traffic through the strategic waterway.

  • IRGC spokesman General Hossein Mohebbi 2026-10-24 22:30

    IRGC: US war on Iran is a battle over identity and civilization

    TEHRAN– The ongoing confrontation between Iran and the United States goes beyond the military arena and targets Iran’s national identity and civilization, Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), said.

  • Naqdi hails IRGC as a successful model in Islamic world 2026-10-24 21:21

    Senior adviser to IRGC chief: Netanyahu has strengthened Iran and Palestinian cause

    TEHRAN – Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior adviser to the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s actions have helped strengthen the Islamic Republic and advance the Palestinian cause, arguing that the Israeli leader has served these causes more effectively than even the most prominent reformers and revolutionaries who support Palestine.

  • Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) 2026-10-23 22:33

    IRGC Spokesman: US has suffered strategic defeats in war with Iran

    TEHRAN— Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), says the United States has suffered a series of strategic defeats in its war with Iran, including setbacks to its claims of safeguarding regional security and ensuring the uninterrupted flow of energy.

  • Brigadier General Ali Ozmaei 2026-10-23 22:23

    IRGC Navy chief: US forces have moved 700 kilometers away from Strait of Hormuz

    TEHRAN— The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy says US forces have moved 600 to 700 kilometers away from the Strait of Hormuz, attributing a retreat from the strategic waterway to the 'sacrifices of Iranian personnel killed in the line of duty.'

  • IRGC spokesman warns of 'global energy crisis' in event of new US war 2026-10-19 21:13

    IRGC spokesman warns of 'global energy crisis' in event of new US war

  • IRGC spokesman General Hossein Mohebbi 2026-10-19 16:18

    By Mona Hojat Ansari

    World will face a serious energy crisis if US launches another war against Iran

    IRGC spokesman says Tehran has not yet fully closed the Strait of Hormuz, and could extend that closure to Bab el-Mandeb and Suez Canal

    TEHRAN – More than seven months have passed since the United States, together with Israel, launched its war against Iran. What was meant to be a swift campaign to topple the Islamic Republic has instead left American bases across the region in ruins, the Strait of Hormuz still closed, and Washington without an answer to the energy crisis it helped create. With the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding in tatters and American midterm elections approaching, the question now is whether the US will risk another escalation — or accept defeat.

  • Naqdi 2026-10-18 20:43

    Iran to answer 'mother of all bombs' with 'father of bombs': senior IRGC commander

    TEHRAN – Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, has warned the United States against any military miscalculation against Iran, saying Tehran would respond to Washington's "mother of all bombs" with the "father of bombs."

  • Hojatoleslam Mahdi Taeb 2026-10-18 20:05

    Iran's response to any new attack will be unpredictable, Basij chief says

    TEHRAN – The head of Iran's Basij Organization said one of the factors complicating U.S. calculations is the unpredictability of Iran's response, as Washington does not know where, with what means, or when Tehran would retaliate in any future confrontation.

  • Strait of Hormuz 2026-10-16 20:08

    Iran reaffirms Strait of Hormuz closure, says passage must be coordinated

    TEHRAN — Iranian military officials have reiterated that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to uncoordinated maritime traffic, linking any easing of restrictions to 'respect for Iran’s rights' and warning that continued US military presence in the region will deepen insecurity.

  • Strait of Hormuz 2026-10-14 20:52

    Iran sets out defense modernization plans as officials stress deterrence and domestic arms productio

    TEHRAN — Iran is seeking to accelerate the modernization of its armed forces, expand domestic weapons production and strengthen its defense-industrial infrastructure, according to plans presented by defense minister nominee Mehrdad Akhlaqi, as senior military officials stress the importance of deterrence and preparedness amid continued tensions with the United States and Israel.

  • IRGC 2026-10-13 20:13

    IRGC forces dismantle kidnapping cell in southeastern Iran

    TEHRAN- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has dismantled an armed kidnapping cell linked to a terrorist group in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, rescuing an engineer abducted a day earlier and killing five members of the group, according to the IRGC’s Quds Headquarters.

  • RAF Fairford air base 2026-10-13 20:01

    By Seyed Mohammad Torabi

    London Bombs, London Blames

    Iran rejects Fairford attribution as baseless, says London cannot evade accountability for role in aggression against Iran: Foreign Ministry

    TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Britain's accusation linking Tehran to an alleged security incident at RAF Fairford air base, dismissing it as an ugly plot designed to fuel Iranophobia and evade accountability for London's direct participation in the ongoing American-Zionist military aggression against the Iranian nation.

  • Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior adviser to the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) 2026-10-11 21:47

    Adversaries have given up on military victory, IRGC adviser says

    TEHRAN — Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior adviser to the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), said on Sunday that Iran’s adversaries had lost hope of achieving their objectives through military confrontation and were increasingly relying on economic pressure and internal divisions.

  • oil tanker 2026-10-11 21:32

    Super oil tanker catches fire after hitting sea mine in Strait of Hormuz

    TEHRAN_ The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy announced that a super oil tanker carrying crude oil caught fire after hitting a sea mine while attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz through an unauthorized route.

  • LPG carrier in Strait of Hormuz 2026-10-09 21:05

    IRGC reports fire aboard LPG carrier in Strait of Hormuz, warns against unauthorized transit

    TEHRAN— Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has reported that a large, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier caught fire after being struck while attempting to navigate an unauthorized route south of the Strait of Hormuz, as senior Iranian military commanders reiterated that the strategic waterway remains under Iranian control and warned against foreign interference.

  • Javani 2026-10-07 21:26

    Senior IRGC official: Iran achieved strategic victory in war with US

    TEHRAN- A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says the Iranian nation has achieved a “strategic victory” in the war with the United States, arguing that the conflict failed to achieve the objectives pursued by Washington and its allies.

  • Mohebbi 2026-10-05 17:28

    What did the IRGC say in its letter to Americans — and Why now?

    TEHRAN - On Sept. 29, 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) published a 25-26 page open letter addressed to “the honorable people of the United States of America — the scholars, the students, and the members of the media.”

  • Major General Mostafa Izadi 2026-10-03 19:50

    US forces may retreat farther from Persian Gulf, IRGC deputy commander says

    TEHRAN- Major General Mostafa Izadi says US forces have moved more than 500 kilometers from regional waters, arguing that Washington’s military presence has failed to provide security for regional countries.

  • IRGC 2026-10-02 21:15

    Era of cost-free threats against Iran is over: IRGC

    TEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that any threat, act of aggression, or hostile move against the Islamic Republic will be met with a decisive and potentially more devastating response than Operation True Promise 2, declaring that 'the era of cost-free threats against Iran has come to an end.'

  • Iran captures second US underwater drone 2026-10-01 15:23

    Iran captures second US underwater drone

    The IRGC has captured a new high-tech US underwater drone in less than a month, as Washington continues its bid to open the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran closed after the U.S. and Israel attacked the country in February.

  • IRGC 2026-10-01 02:12

    In a letter, IRGC asks Americans to break with US aggression

    The spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) told journalists at a press conference in Tehran that the military unit has inked a 26-page letter to the American people, explaining Iran's position and calling on them to rethink what they have been told about U.S. wars in West Asia.

  • vc 2026-09-30 16:00

    U.S. Policies Harming Both Iranians and Americans

    The IRGC has issued a 26-page open letter to the American people, urging them to reconsider U.S. policies in West Asia, which it says have harmed both Iranians and Americans. The letter cites historical disputes, rejects the U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC, and calls on Americans to oppose policies it says fuel further conflict.

  • IRGC 2026-09-30 13:40

    An open letter to the honorable people of the United States of America

    TEHRAN=The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a letter addressed to the American people, outlining its views on recent developments and Iran-U.S. relations. The full text of the letter follows:

  • media 2026-09-30 12:59

    IRGC Briefs Media on U.S. Letter

    The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has invited journalists to a briefing to present and explain a letter addressed to the American people, outlining Iran’s views and message to U.S. citizens.

  • Mohebbi 2026-09-29 20:16

    By Soheila Zarfam

    'White House oppressing both Iranians and Americans'

    IRGC letter to American people urges break from US war policies

    TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a 26-page open letter to the American people this week, urging them to break with the foreign policy of their government and to reconsider what they have been told about U.S. wars in West Asia.

  • Nasrallah 2026-09-28 20:57

    IRGC reaffirms commitment to resistance path on Nasrallah martyrdom anniversary

    TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the path of late Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying his legacy continues to strengthen the regional resistance front and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.