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NEWS ABOUT: Revolutionary Guards

Revolutionary Guards stories: 17 news summaries

 Iran Test Launches Its 
 Longest-Range Missiles 

Weapon with 1,200-mile range could strike Israel, US military bases

Sep 28, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran claimed to have test-fired the longest-range missiles in its arsenal today—weapons capable of carrying a warhead and striking Israel or US military bases in the Middle East. It was the third round of missile tests in two days of drills by the power Revolutionary Guard, which controls Iran's... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • Revolutionary Guards • weapon • missile • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Shahab-3

(Newser) - Iranian protesters, both male and female, were raped in a notorious prison in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election, one of the defeated candidates alleged today. Reformist Mehdi Karroubi wrote on his website that senior prison officials told him about "really shameful issues," including sexual violence that... More »

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Iran • rape • Revolutionary Guards • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • sexual violence • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • Mehdi Karoubi

 In the Shadows, 
 Ayatollah's Son 
 Calls the Shots 

Mojtaba Khamenei has power throughout the security apparatus

Jun 25, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rarely appears in public and cultivates a shadowy reputation—but even further out of the public eye, his son has become one of the post powerful men in Iran. Ultraconservative cleric Mojtaba Khamenei, believed to be around 50 years old, has connections throughout the Revolutionary Guards and... More »

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Iran • Revolutionary Guards • Basiji • cleric • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Iranian protests • Basij militia • Mojtaba Khamenei

 Iran: Foreign Media  
 Speaks for 'Hooligans' 

Journalists 'damaging the Islamic republic'

Jun 17, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has slammed foreign journalists for sparking unrest in the country as the “mouthpieces” of “hooligans,” CNN reports. The foreign ministry said “hundreds” of foreigners had been allowed into Iran in “a sign of the total transparency in the trends of the elections,” but... More »

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Iran • social networking • media • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Revolutionary Guards • journalist • riots • protesters • Mir Hossein Mousavi

ANALYSIS

Ayatollah Authority 
 Undercut by Flip-Flop 

Protests are weakening Khamenei's grip on Iranian regime

Jun 16, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The about-face done by Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—first blessing the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday's election then opening an inquiry into vote fraud yesterday—was a rare misstep for the shadowy, usually cautious ayatollah, the New York Times reports, and may have done substantial damage to his reputation,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Revolutionary Guards • cleric • Ali Khamenei • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

UPDATED

Washington Slams Iran Over Ship Threat

Tehran calls incident 'ordinary' after vessels 'harass' US Navy ships

Jan 7, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington is firing diplomatic volleys at Tehran today after five Iranian ships "harassed" three US Navy ships in international waters yesterday, CNN reports. "Such actions are dangerous and could have quickly escalated into something much worse," the Pentagon press secretary said. "We see it as further... More »

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Iran • Persian Gulf • Revolutionary Guards • Strait of Hormuz

Iran Defiant
Over New US Sanctions

Putin joins in, calling Americans 'mad people wielding razor blades'

Oct 26, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - New American sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guards provoked a fiery response from Iran today, along with criticism from allies China and Russia. Iran's foreign ministry told the BBC that the sanctions were "contrary to international law, without value and, as in the past, doomed to failure." Vladimir Putin... More »

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Iran • Condoleezza Rice • Vladimir Putin • Revolutionary Guards

Iran Looms Large in Campaign

Iran is the new Iraq on the stump

Oct 26, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran is beginning to dominate the campaign rhetoric of White house hopefuls of both parties as Iraq once did, reports CNN. Tough US sanctions against Tehran and growing indications of some kind of military intervention to halt the development of nuclear weapons are being compared with the steps taken in... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • diplomacy • economic sanctions • nuclear program • Revolutionary Guards • Chris Dodd • campaign trail • Iraq war

White House Switches
Plans on Iran

Seymour Hersh on the 'reconceived' campaign to provoke Tehran

Oct 2, 07 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having failed to convince Americans of an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, the White House “has reconceived” its campaign, writes the New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh, targeting Tehran instead as an exporter of terrorism, especially of weapons and insurgents to Iraq. By recasting Iran as an aggressor in Iraq,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Dick Cheney • United Kingdom • White House • Revolutionary Guards

Arrested Iranian Trained Iraq Terrorists: US

Tehran's trade delegate also accused of smuggling weapons

Sep 20, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military said today it arrested an Iranian who allegedly smuggled bombs for use against US and Iraqi forces, the Los Angeles Times reports. Aghawi Farhadi is also accused of training terrorists for Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Soldiers captured Farhadi in a pre-dawn raid in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • US military • Revolutionary Guards • weapon • terrorist • arrest • tanks • Aghawi Farhadi

'People's Army' Dominates Iran's Economy

Doing business in the country means dealing with the Revolutionary Guard

Aug 26, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which the White House is on the cusp of labeling a terrorist organization, is an economic and political behemoth. The well-connected force has ties to more than 100 companies, dominates the construction industry, is in charge of developing Teheran's subway system, and even runs hospitals. The LA ... More »

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Iran • Tehran • corruption • Revolutionary Guards • terrorist • People's Army • Iranian military

Iran Attacks Kurdish Villages in Northern Iraq

Revolutionary Guard shells moutain settlements

Aug 20, 07 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which the Bush administration is about to declare a terrorist organization, have been shelling mountain villages in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq for several days. The fighting near the border involves thousands of Guards and guerrillas of the Kurdistan Free Life Party, which is  stepping up... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Kurdistan • Kurds • Revolutionary Guards • terrorist • guerrilla • Kurdistan Free Life Party • Iraq war

US to Label Iran's Elite Force Terrorists

Move allows action to block Revolutionary Guard's assets

Aug 15, 07 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's elite military branch, the Revolutionary Guard, will be officially designated a terrorist organization by the US, the Washington Post reports. The declaration will allow Washington to block assets and disrupt the operations of businesses linked to the unit worldwide. The 125,000-member Guard, a  powerful political force, is increasingly... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • Lebanon • sanctions • Revolutionary Guards • terrorist • Shiite militia

Iran ID’ed Working With Iraq Militants

US arrests Hezbollah go-between in
Iraq; cites training camps in Iran

Jul 2, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military has accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of aiding Iraqi militants in a devastating January attack and of using Hezbollah as a go-between to arm violent Shiites in that country. In March coalition forces arrested a Hezbollah operative suspected of liaising between Iran and a group led by... More »

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Iran • Shiite • Tehran • Karbala • Hezbollah • Ali Mussa Dakdouk • Revolutionary Guards • militant • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

UK May Seek Iran's Help on Iraqi Captives

Brits suspect kidnappers connected to Iran; search in Sadr City continues

Jun 1, 07 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain may ask Iran for help in finding the five British hostages kidnapped in Iraq. Senior Iraqi officials think a rogue faction of the Mahdi Army—possibly under the influence of Iranian intelligence —is responsible for the kidnappings. British sources tell the Guardian they believe the kidnapping was not... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Sadr City • Mahdi Army • kidnapping • Revolutionary Guards • Britain • Muqtada al-Sadr

Some Mahdis Going Freelance

What's worse than Moqtada al-Sadr?
The Mahdi Army ignoring him

May 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Madhi Army is letting loose. Officially locked down by leader Moqtada al-Sadr during the troop surge, renegade Mahdis are unleashing a wave of random violence on once-peaceful areas of central and southern Iraq, Newseek reports. That worries even al-Sadr's commanders, who are now seeking U.S. help to control... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • troop surge • Mahdi Army • Revolutionary Guards • violence • militia • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

Blair Blasts Seizure of British Patrol

Iran said to be looking for swap deal

Mar 26, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair is furious over Iran's capture of 15 sailors and Marines, but so far, diplomatic efforts have not even yielded where they are being held. “I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us,”   Blair sputtered at a European summit,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • Tony Blair • Tehran • war • al Quds Force • Revolutionary Guards • Britain • Iraq war

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