Quds Force - Wikipedia
The Quds Force (Persian: نیروی قدس, romanized: niru-ye qods, lit. 'Jerusalem Force') is one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) [8] specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations.
Quds Force | Iran, IRGC, Meaning, History, & Israel-Hamas War
Dec 3, 2024 · Quds Force, elite clandestine wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), responsible primarily for its foreign operations. Organized shortly after the Iranian Revolution (1978–79), its activities have centered on organizing, supporting, and at times leading local forces abroad in ways favorable to the interests of the IRGC and ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards - Council on Foreign Relations
Nov 12, 2024 · Among its many prominent military duties, the corps operates Iran’s formidable ballistic missile arsenal and oversees the Quds Force, an expeditionary arm that partners with Iran’s various...
The Quds Force in Syria: Combatants, Units, and Actions
Abstract: The key mission of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) is to defend the Iranian Islamic Revolution and create armed militias in the countries of its “Axis of Resistance.”
A Look At Three Decades Of Iran's Secretive Quds Force
Jan 8, 2020 · Within hours of the U.S. air strike that killed Qasem Soleimani on January 3, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced the appointment of a successor to head the Revolutionary Guards'...
What is Iran's secretive Quds Force? - NBC News
Jan 3, 2020 · After a U.S. strike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, NBC News looks at the secretive Quds Force that he headed and his successor, Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani.
Esmail Qaani - Wikipedia
In January 2020, Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei appointed Qaani as Commander of the Quds Force after General Qasem Soleimani was killed by a targeted U.S. drone strike near Baghdad International Airport.
Qods (Jerusalem) Force - GlobalSecurity.org
The Qods (Jerusalem) Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was responsible for extra-territorial operations, including terrorist operations. The Qods Force‘s national ...
Commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force is expanding predecessor’s …
Mar 4, 2024 · As the powerful chief of the Quds Force, the unconventional warfare wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ghaani is charged with overseeing Tehran’s network of allied and proxy...
How Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its Quds Force and …
Feb 8, 2024 · During and after the Arab Spring, the (mostly Shia) youth flocked to groups associated with Soleimani and his Quds Force. The Quds Force is actively engaged in fighting Israeli and US-led...