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A banner displaying pictures of Israeli army officials with their faces encircled by a red crosshair icon, hangs in Tehran on April 2, 2024, following a suspected Israeli strike in Damascus that killed the top IRGC officer in Syria. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 23, 2026, 8:25 pm
Mossad says it foiled Iranian plot to infiltrate Israel, attack senior officials
French criminal Turut Ozkor, who went by ‘Philip,’ was allegedly recruited to gather intel on a target in Israel and carry out an attack, and was subsequently expelled by Paris
By Lazar Berman
Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland), addresses guests during the Council's New Year's reception on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, on September 17, 2025 at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
June 26, 2026, 7:21 pm
2 men go on trial in Germany over alleged Iran-backed plots targeting Jews
Both exercise right to remain silent; prosecutors have said one of the suspects took orders from IRGC’s Quds Force
By AFP
Then-Iranian interior minister and current Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Ahmad Vahidi speaks during a press conference in Tehran on March 4, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
June 14, 2026, 12:06 pm
New IRGC chief ‘frequently overruled’ Iran’s leaders during talks with US — report
WSJ says Ahmad Vahidi pushed for harder line with Washington, linked Iran and Lebanon in talks, advocated for striking Israel and Gulf despite objections from Iran’s FM and president
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 4, 2026, 10:40 pm
IDF says soldier killed, another seriously hurt by ‘friendly-fire’ in southern Lebanon
Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar, 21, fatally shot during overnight raid; Israeli Air Force hits IRGC and Palestinian Islamic Jihad command centers in Beirut, renews strikes on Tyre
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Senior Revolutionary Guard commander General Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not seen) and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 4, 2026, 8:21 pm
US arrests relatives of slain IRGC general Soleimani for supporting Iran’s regime
State Department says Hamideh Soleimani Afshar promotes Iranian propaganda while enjoying ‘lavish lifestyle’ in LA; legal status of Larijani’s daughter, son-in-law also terminated
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Names of those killed in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center, which left 85 dead and 300 injured, mark the front of the AMIA Center in Argentina. (Juan Melamed)
April 2, 2026, 8:48 am
Argentina declares IRGC a terrorist organization amid probes into embassy, AMIA bombings
Announcement by Milei comes after his office designated the IRGC’s Quds Force a terror group in January; Israel hails move’s ‘moral clarity’
By Juan Melamed
Mourners gather during a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, and others killed in Israeli strikes in late March, in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
April 1, 2026, 4:53 pm
Israel strikes drug factory in Iran, says it made fentanyl for chemical weapons R&D
Iran says factory makes cancer drugs; top Quds force engineer killed in airstrike; IDF says all ‘critical’ assets of Iran’s arms industry will be targeted by Wednesday
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Nuriel Dubin (Courtesy of the family)
March 24, 2026, 10:08 pm
Woman killed, 2 injured in Hezbollah rocket attack on northern Israel
Nuriel Dubin, 27, was youth counselor about to be married; Iranian missile hits Safed; IDF says IRGC official killed in strike on Beirut, 5 Hezbollah operatives slain in south Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian
Mourners bid farewell to the bodies of Iran's slain intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib and his family during their funeral, after the weekly Friday noon prayers in Tehran, on March 20, 2026. (AFP)
March 20, 2026, 5:53 pm
Iran threatens to target tourist, recreational sites worldwide as it keeps up attacks on Gulf
In ostensible first remarks of war, Quds Force chief hails Tehran-led ‘resistance front’ for fighting Israel and US; American military to deploy 2,500 more Marines to the Mideast
By Agencies and ToI Staff
First aid responders inspect a Ramada Hotel room targeted by an Israeli strike, in Beirut's Rawche area, on March 8, 2026. (Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
March 8, 2026, 11:23 am
Navy strike on Beirut hotel overnight killed five top IRGC commanders, IDF says
Military says the five were members of Quds Force’s Palestine and Lebanon corps, were involved in aiding Hezbollah and Hamas; targeted hotel was housing people displaced by war
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)
December 25, 2025, 7:36 pm
Israel says top commander in Iran’s Quds Force killed in Lebanon strike
IDF and Shin Bet say Hussein Mahmoud Marshad al-Jawhari plotted against Israel in recent years; Lebanese media report two killed in strike on road to Syrian border
By ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Einat Kranz Neiger speaks in a March 2025 interview. (Screen capture via Revista Cámara - Periodismo Legislativo on YouTube)
November 7, 2025, 9:33 pm
Mexico thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate Israeli ambassador, officials say
Plan to kill Einat Kranz Neiger said hatched by IRGC official stationed in Tehran-ally Venezuela and Quds Force unit responsible for plots against Jewish sites in Australia, Europe
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranian Quds Force commander Sardar Ammar, in an undated photo released by Mossad (Courtesy)
October 26, 2025, 6:53 pm
Israel reveals Iran’s Guards leader behind attacks on Jewish sites in Europe, Australia
Senior IRGC Quds Force commander Sardar Ammar directed plots in Greece, Australia and Germany, says Mossad, though the attackers’ follow-through has often been bumbling
By Lazar Berman
Lebanese emergency responders inspect the debris at the site of an airstrike on a vehicle in Khalde, south of the capital Beirut on July 3, 2025. (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
July 3, 2025, 7:37 pm
IDF says airstrike near Beirut targeted operative working for Iran’s Quds Force
Arabic media identifies target as Qassem Al-Husseini, reports 1 dead, 3 injured in drone attack on highway south of Lebanese capital; unclear if assassination attempt successful
By Stav Levaton and AFP
Mourners stand next to the coffin of Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Amir ali Hjizadeh (L), and other military commanders killed during Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, during their funeral procession at Enqelab Square in the capital Tehran on June 28, 2025 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 28, 2025, 10:08 am
With chants of ‘Death to America, Israel,’ Iran holds state funeral for leaders slain in war
Iranian president and Quds Force commander attend ceremony in Tehran for 60 people killed in Israeli attacks, while Khamenei apparently stays away
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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