Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khomeini... Wikipedia

• Motto:  Heraldic slogan, وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ (Arabic), "Prepare against them what you 'believers' can of 'military' power." Quran 8:60
• Service branches:  # # This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force website of agency test-> # # Quds Force # Basij
• Headquarters:  Tehran, Iran
• Commander-in-Chief:  Mohammad Pakpour
• Conscription:  ≈50,000 (2019), recruited mostly from active members of Basij
• Active personnel:  ≈125,000 (2024)
• Budget:  $6.96 billion (2020)
• History:  Kurdish separatism in Iran, 1979 Kurdish rebellion, KDPI insurgency (1989–1996), Iran–PJAK conflict, Western Iran clashes (2016–present), Arab separatism in Khuzestan, 1979 Khuzestan insurgency, Iran–Iraq War, Lebanese Civil War, United States invasion of Afghanistan, 2001 uprising in Herat, Balochistan conflict, Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency, 2006 Lebanon War, 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, Insurgency in Bahrain, Syrian Civil War (intervention), War in Iraq (2013–2017), Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present), Russian invasion of Ukraine (intervention), Attacks on US bases during the Gaza war, 2024 Iran-Israel conflict, Iran–Israel War, Proxy conflicts with, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey (low-intensity since 2024)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo