Quds Forces

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: What Makes Iran’s IRGC Forces So Dangerous?
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s leadership functions to preserve and export the country’s revolutionary principles. Its premiere asset in chasing this objective is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, commonly abbreviated...

More Than Luck Has Kept Iran And America From Going To War
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Irregular warfare is indecisive in itself, but it can provide splashy returns on a modest investment of resources and effort. Having staked their political legitimacy...

Why Iran or Donald Trump Won’t Start World War III Anytime Soon
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Iranians view their country as the Middle East’s rightful heavyweight. Yet U.S. forces or their allies surround and constrain the Islamic Republic from all points...

Why America And Iran Won’t Go To War Anytime Soon
Key point: Perhaps World War III will come one day—but today is not that day. Will Tehran and Washington let slip the dogs of war following last week’s aerial takedown...

Why A U.S.-Iran War Isn’t Going To Happen
Will Tehran and Washington let slip the dogs of war following last week’s aerial takedown of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s IRGC) Quds Force? You could...