The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or IRGC is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. It was founded after the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979 by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The 2017 U. S. Representative Office, Ncri book[1] details how Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps trains foreign fighters in 15 various camps in Iran to export terrorism. The IRGC has created a large directorate within its extraterritorial arm, the Quds Force, in order to expand its training of foreign mercenaries as part of the strategy to step up its meddling abroad in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain, Afghanistan and elsewhere. It explains the kind of training is provided in each camp, who the trainers are, where they are dispatched to, as well as satellite imagery of the locations of these camps all over the country. Empire of Terror In 'Empire of Terror: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps':[2] > Iran is one of the United States’ deadliest enemies. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, known as the Guards, bring Iran’s sway over much of the greater Middle East and pose a growing existential threat to Western security. > Providing insights gained from his thirty-eight years as an analyst in the U.S. defense intelligence community, Silinsky argues that Iran’s political leaders and Guards are animated by aggressive, unforgiving, and totalitarian principles. He draws historical parallels to the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany to compare the intelligence and security services of states with totalitarian aspirations and to illustrate ideological points of intersection—a collectivist mindset, intolerance for political deviation, strongly defined sex roles and hypermasculinity, and a ruthless determination to ferret out and destroy their enemies. > Silinsky offers biographies and explanations of the ideology that propels some of Iran’s leaders, with global implications. Profiling the perpetrators, victims, heroes, villains, and dupes, Silinsky shines light on the human and inhumane elements in this distinctly Iranian drama. Although the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany have been defeated and belong to history, the Iranian threat is very much alive. Reported in 2022:[3] > Despite what the U.S. State Dept. appears to believe, history has demonstrated that the Iranian leopard will not change its spots, only its tactics... > Iran’s ayatollahs closely collaborate with Hezbollah, the proxy of Iran’s Quds Force, which is the arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for exporting the Islamic revolution. They have intensified their surge into South and Central America, from Chile (especially with the December election of President Gabriel Boric) to Mexico. They consider Latin America to be the soft underbelly of the United States. As part of Iran's ongoing policy O of deploying its Afghan Shi'ite Militia across the Middle East, IRGC is reportedly training Fatemiyoun Brigade[4][5] in drone use in Syria.[6] See: Quds Force See related: Qasem Soleimani ## External sources[edit] * Terrorism Info * Britannica * CFR ## See also[edit] * Islamic terrorism * Islamism ## References[edit] 1. ↑ U. S. Representative Office, Ncri. Terrorist Training Camps in Iran: How Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Trains Foreign Fighters to Export Terrorism. United States: National Council of Resistance of Iran - US. Representative Office, 2017. [1]. 2. ↑ Silinsky, Mark. Empire of Terror: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. United States: Potomac Books, 2021. [2] 3. ↑ Y. Ettinger, Iran’s ayatollahs threaten the US in Latin America, JNS, Jan 10, 2022. > Despite what the U.S. State Dept. appears to believe, history has demonstrated that the Iranian leopard will not change its spots, only its tactics... > Iran’s ayatollahs closely collaborate with Hezbollah, the proxy of Iran’s Quds Force, which is the arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for exporting the Islamic revolution. They have intensified their surge into South and Central America, from Chile (especially with the December election of President Gabriel Boric) to Mexico. They consider Latin America to be the soft underbelly of the United States. 4. ↑ The Fatemiyoun Army: Iran's Afghan Crusaders in Syria, thediplomat.com, Apr 23, 2021. 5. ↑ What Is the Fatemiyoun Brigade and Why Does It Make the Taliban Nervous?, PBS, Jul 20, 2021 6. ↑ As Part Of Iran's Ongoing Policy Of Deploying Its Afghan Shi'ite Militia Across Middle East, IRGC Reportedly Training Fatemiyoun Brigade In Drone Use In Syria, Memri, Sep 22, 2022. v • d • e Terrorism Terrorism| Assassination • Biden Junta • Druze vs Hezbollah (2021) • Islamofascism • Fatah • Genocide of Christians by ISIS • Human shields by terrorists • Suicide Bombing • Rape jihad • Terrorism • Major Terrorist Attacks| Benghazi massacre • Beslan school siege of 2004 • Charlie Hebdo • Khobar Towers bombing • List of Islamist terrorist attacks • July 2005 London Bombings • Manchester Arena Bombing • Munich massacre • Oklahoma City Bombing • Omar Alkattoul • Paris Police Prefecture Massacre • September 11, 2001 attacks • 1993 World Trade Center bombing • 2004 Madrid Bombings • 2005 Andijon Uprisings • 2020 Leftist Insurrection Terrorist Organizations| Abu Nidal Organization • Abu Sayyaf • Akromiya • Al-Nusra Front • Al Saaka • Al Qaeda • Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb • Al-Shabab • Animal Liberation Front • Ansar al-Dine • Antifa • Army of Islam • AUC • Aum Shinrikyo • Black Lives Matter • Black September • Boko Haram • Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine • Egyptian Islamic Jihad • ETA • Fatah • FLQ • Gama’a al-Islamiyya • Hamas • Haqqani network • Hezbollah • Hizb ut-Tahrir • Houthi • Irish Republican Army • Irish National Liberation Army • Islamic State • Ku Klux Klan • Lashkar-e-Toiba • Libyan Islamic Fighting Group • Lord's Resistance Army • M19CO • National Liberation Army • National Liberation Army (Macedonia) • Naxalites • Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists • Palestine Liberation Front • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian Lion Cubs • Palestinian Islamic Jihad • Palestinian Lion Cubs PKK • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine • Quds Force • Red Army Faction • Red Brigades • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Revolutionary Organization 17 November • Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front • Symbionese Liberation Army • Taliban • Tamil Tigers • Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan • Tupamaros • Vietcong • Weather Underground