Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is part of Iran’s armed forces, separate from the traditional military but complementary to it. The group is tasked with defending Iran’s revolutionary regime, which took power in 1979, and answers directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. IRGC consists of multiple service branches, including the Quds Force, which serves as an external operations force and the operator of Iranian proxies and militant forces in the Middle East, including Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
The IRGC is designated as a terror organization by the U.S. and Canada and has been sanctioned by the European Union.
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Kata’ib Hezbollah
Kata’ib Hezbollah (also Kata’ib Hizballah) is an Iraqi Shia militant group that seeks to institute an Iran-aligned government in Iraq, remove U.S. and coalition forces from the country and further Iranian interests in the region. KH has... Read more
Hate Group
An organization whose goals and activities are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy towards people of one or more other different races, religions, ethnicities/nationalities/national origins, genders, and/or sexual identities. The mere presence of bigoted members... Read more