A trio of armed Iranian speedboats swarmed around a merchant vessel sailing through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the U.S. Navy. At around 4:56 p.m. local time, the unnamed merchant ship sent out a distress signal and reported the three “fast-attack craft with armed personnel” had begun following them at a close…
Rockets Target US Troops in Syria Day After US Strikes, No Casualties Reported
U.S. troops stationed in eastern Syria came under rocket attack on Friday, a day after U.S. forces conducted retaliatory air strikes on Iranian forces operating in Syria. The barrage of eight rockets targeted U.S. troops stationed near the Al-Omar oil fields in Syria’s Deir ez-Zur province at around 8:05 a.m. local time. “We can confirm…
US Conducts Airstrikes in Syria After 1 Killed in Suspected Iranian Drone Attack on Base
The U.S. military carried out an airstrike in Syria on Thursday after a drone attacked a U.S. base, killing one and injuring six more, including service members, according to the Department of Defense (DOD). In a late Thursday night statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that he had authorized U.S. Central Command forces to carry out…
Security Minister Refuses to Confirm Government Action on Iran Revolutionary Guards
March 21, 2023
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Britain’s security minister has refused to definitively state whether a branch of Iran’s armed forces will be proscribed after increasing concerns over the regime’s activity in the UK. Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Tom Tugendhat declined to directly answer questions from several MPs on whether the UK will make the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
Albanese Govt Urged to List Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as Terrorist Organisation
Australia’s Coalition is calling on the Albanese government to list the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation following reports that the group targeted Australian organisations with malicious ransomware attacks. This comes as Britain considers listing Iran’s Revolution Guard as a terrorist organisation after it was revealed that the group had plotted…
Cory Morgan: While Ottawa Says IRGC Terrorist Listing Isn’t Up to Politicians, Past Listing of Proud Boys Suggests Otherwise
Commentary Designating a group as being a terrorist organization and adding it to the list of terrorist groups in the criminal code is serious business. Once a group is on that list, every aspect of its organization becomes criminalized in Canada from fundraising to organizing efforts. The process for adding groups to the terrorist list…
Poilievre Decries Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Not Being Designated a Terrorist Organization in Canada
As the Iranian regime cracks down on anti-regime protests, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre decried on Sept. 29 that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are not designated as a terrorist entity by Canada. “The government still refuses to list the IRGC, a terrorist organization, as a terrorist body, allowing it to legally operate here in Canada,” said Poilievre…
Removing Iran’s IRGC From US Terror List Becomes Sticking Point in Nuclear Talks
The Iranian regime has insisted that the United States remove its “terror” designation on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in exchange for a revived nuclear deal. The Trump administration added the IRGC to the “foreign terrorist organizations” (FTO) list in 2019, the first time a state entity had been designated as such. The IRGC…
Iran’s Long Standing ‘Strategic Hedging’ in Afghanistan to Intensify Due to US Troop Withdrawal
June 6, 2021
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Iran has long claimed to follow the policy of supporting political stabilization in Kabul while also simultaneously expanding ties with the Taliban. In wake of the Sept. 11 deadline of troop withdrawal of the U.S. forces this contradictory policy is gaining momentum and will likely breed more chaos and violence inside Afghanistan, warn experts. This…
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