Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Type	Military branch
Country/region	Iran
Archived items	48
As of	2026-08-21

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as this archive records it. The Reporting section below lists the archived headlines that name it. Nothing here is written by a model. The Overview is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

Situation as of 2026-08-21

Most recent archived item: New Beach Landing Vessel For The Marine Corps Breaks Cover (Updated) - reported by The War Zone

Most recent archived item: The War Zone

This page lists 12 archived headlines published between 2026-02-27 and 2026-08-21. It reflects what these feeds reported in that window, not everything that happened.

Overview

Encyclopedic context, retrieved from a reference work and archived. It is not war reporting and is not counted as any.

Overview

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known domestically as Sepah or Pasdaran and internationally as Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary force of the Iranian Armed Forces. It consists of five service branches: Ground Forces, Aerospace Force, Navy, Quds Force, and Basij. It is led by a commander-in-chief, who is appointed by and reports to the supreme leader of Iran. The IRGC was officially established by Ruhollah Khomeini as a military branch in May 1979 in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution. Whereas the Iranian Army (the Artesh) protects the country's sovereignty in a traditional capacity, the IRGC's constitutional mandate is to ensure the integrity of the Islamic Republic. Most interpretations of this mandate assert that it entrusts the IRGC with preventing foreign interference in Iran, thwarting coups by the traditional military, and crushing "deviant movements" that harm the ideological legacy of the Islamic Revolution. The IRGC has approximately 125,000 personnel, as of 2024. The main body is the IRGC Ground Forces, which focus on maintaining internal order, but have recently moved towards expeditionary warfare also, projecting power for the Islamic Republic. [1]

Reporting

The tag records where a report came from, not who is fighting.

Other archived reporting

[2] 2026-08-21 - The War Zone: New Beach Landing Vessel For The Marine Corps Breaks Cover (Updated)
[3] 2026-08-21 - drudge.com: Middle East Just Built Its Own NATO
[4] 2026-08-20 - outlet not recorded: IDF Besieges Hezbollah Complex Holding Iranian Officers
[5] 2026-08-15 - outlet not recorded: Can Jared Kushner Get Hamas Disarmament Moving?
[6] 2026-08-13 - haberler.com: İsrailden Lübnana Uzun Süreli Konuşlanma Talimatı
[7] 2026-08-13 - outlet not recorded: Israel Evicted Settlers Besieging Palestinian Homes. Hours Later, They Were Back.
[8] 2026-08-03 - outlet not recorded: Defense Minister Katz announces live on air he will replace IDF Central Command chief; officials caught off guard - i24NEWS
[9] 2026-07-31 - outlet not recorded: Russia appears to infiltrate first ‘fortress city’ as Ukraine changes guard
[10] 2026-07-30 - outlet not recorded: Celebrating LA’s Culinary Visionaries
[11] 2026-07-22 - outlet not recorded: Israel Plans Crocodile-Infested Moats to Guard Hamas Prisoners
[12] 2026-07-17 - outlet not recorded: The Truth About Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
[13] 2026-07-15 - outlet not recorded: Hezbollah Litani River Reinforcement Amid Iran Tensions
...and 36 more not listed here.

See also: Iran

Publication history

What changed and when. Computed from the sources each revision cited, not written by anyone.

rev 1, 2026-08-26 — first published from 13 source(s)
rev 2, 2026-08-26 — rebuilt with no change of sources

Sources

Where a durable link was recorded, it is here. Google News items carry a redirect stub rather than an article and are listed above without one.

How this page is made

Assembled directly from the war archive and an archived reference work: no model writes any part of it. The Overview is retrieved and archived, the Reporting is the archived headline record. Overview source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).