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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

al-Quds Force

A man checks the damage in an apartment in a residential buildling that was reportedly targeted by Israeli air strikes in the Kafr Sousa district of the Syrian capital Damascus on February 21, 2024. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
February 27, 2024, 8:09 am
No longer afraid of sparking war, Israel takes gloves off against IRGC in Syria
Since Oct. 7, the IDF has upped the pace of attacks and hit senior Iranian officers, seeing little to lose in countering Tehran’s entrenchment. It seems to be working, experts say
By Gianluca Pacchiani
The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Esmail Qaani, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, on January 3, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
February 18, 2024, 10:31 am
Iraqi armed groups dial down US attacks at request of Iran commander
Quds Force chief Qaani said to meet factions at Baghdad airport; no attacks on US forces since Feb. 4; lull allowed talks to resume over future of US troops in Iraq
By Ahmed Rasheed, Parisa Hafezi and Timour Azhari
Palestinian terrorists kidnap an Israeli civilian, center, from Kibbutz Nir Oz into the Gaza Strip, on October 7, 2023. (Hatem Ali/ AP)
October 27, 2023, 3:57 pm
New round of US sanctions target Hamas’s Iranian funders and terror trainers
Controls focus on Tehran’s financial support to Gaza terror group, including officials from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force accused of training Hamas terrorists
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mourners attend a ceremony marking anniversary of the death of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, shown in the posters, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone attack in 2020, at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2023. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
January 3, 2023, 9:14 pm
Iran’s president vows vengeance, 3 years after its general Soleimani was slain by US
Raisi says retaliation is ‘obvious’ and those responsible for death of Quds Force commander will have no relief; accuses US of driving anti-regime protests
By AP
Iranian Mansour Rasouli denies being involved in an attempt to assassinate an Israeli diplomat in Turkey, in a video aired May 8, 2022 (video screenshot)
May 8, 2022, 1:43 am
Iranian who allegedly confessed to plotting hit on Israeli says he was coerced
After reports Mossad interrogated IRGC member inside Iran, Mansour Rasouli says he was tortured into saying he was involved in assassination plot, but that none of it was true
By ToI Staff
Mansour Rasouli, 52, an alleged IRGC member who was reportedly interrogated by Mossad agents in Iran. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 30, 2022, 11:46 pm
Mossad reportedly interrogated IRGC member in Iran over triple assassination plot
Mansour Rasouli said to have been released after admitting to being tasked with killing Israeli diplomat in Turkey, US general in Germany, Jewish journalist in France
By ToI Staff
In this September 22, 2011 photo, members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard march in front of the mausoleum of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 30, 2022, 1:11 pm
Mossad said to foil plot by Iran’s IRGC to assassinate Israeli diplomat in Turkey
US general, French journalist also reportedly targeted in planned attack by operative from Revolutionary Guard Corps; suspect said arrested in unnamed European country
By ToI Staff
Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (YouTube screenshot)
May 9, 2021, 6:41 pm
Report: Israel shared Soleimani’s phone numbers with US hours before his slaying
Information helped attacking teams track movements of Iranian al-Quds commander, who was killed in a January 2020 drone strike in Baghdad, US sources tell Yahoo news
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Elliot Abrams, the US special envoy for Iran and Venezuela, speaks to reporters at the US embassy in Lisbon on April 9, 2019. (AP/Armando Franca)
December 14, 2020, 9:21 pm
Trump’s Iran envoy: It’s a mistake to believe Iranian officials are replaceable
Elliott Abrams says Fakhrizadeh assassination will slow down Tehran’s nuclear program, claims Netanyahu was ahead of curve in recognizing ‘defective’ nuclear deal
By Jacob Magid
Picture shows Iranian supertanker Grace 1 off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15, 201 (Jorge Guerrero/AFP)
September 4, 2019, 7:28 pm
US slaps sanctions on Iran shipping network over Syria oil
Washington separately offers $15 million reward for information that could disrupt financial mechanisms of the Revolutionary Guards, including the Quds Force
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this photo from June 30, 2018, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, who heads the IRGC's Quds Force, attends a graduation ceremony of a group of the guard's officers in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 27, 2019, 9:48 pm
IDF names Iranian general as mastermind of thwarted drone attack plot
Launching Persian-language social media accounts, army says Javad Ghafari, from IRGC’s Quds Force, is overseeing Tehran’s efforts to establish a military presence in Syria
By ToI Staff
A Yemeni airport security official walks on the tarmac next to a plane from the Iranian private airline Mahan Air at the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, March 1, 2015 (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
April 8, 2019, 2:34 pm
Iran airline starts Venezuela flights in boost to ties in face of US sanctions
First flight said to take foreign ministry delegation to South America; US blacklisted airline after accusing it of providing support to Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force
By AP
A Mahan Air jet seen in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
March 25, 2019, 7:59 pm
Sanctions force Iran’s Mahan Air to cancel Paris flights
US blacklisted airline in 2011, accused carrier of providing technical and material support to Iran’s elite Quds Force
By AP
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures during a press conference in Tehran on February 13, 2019 (Atta Kenare/AFP)
March 5, 2019, 10:09 am
Zarif resigned after not being informed of Assad trip to Tehran, spokesman says
Iranian Foreign Ministry says lack of information about Syrian leader’s visit was one reason for resignation that was later rejected by country’s president
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures during a press conference in Tehran on February 13, 2019 (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 28, 2019, 9:06 am
Assad invites Iranian FM to Damascus after reported snub
No date set for trip announced; Zarif is said to have resigned because he wasn’t invited to Tehran summit with the Syrian president
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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