Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
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May- 2020 -28 May
Iran Guards Warn US After Receiving New Combat Vessels
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned the United States against its naval presence in the Gulf as they received 110 new combat vessels. The vessels included Ashura-class speedboats, Zolfaghar coastal patrol boats, and Taregh submarines
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22 May
Iran’s Khamenei: Fight to ‘Liberate Palestine’ Is ‘Islamic Duty’
Iran’s supreme leader said it was an “Islamic duty” to fight for the “liberation of Palestine” in a landmark speech Friday amid rising tensions with regional arch-enemy Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at Wester
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Apr- 2020 -23 April
Iran’s IRGC head vows ‘decisive response’ to any US hostility in Gulf
The counter-threat came a day after President Donald Trump said he ordered the Navy to "shoot down" any hostile Iranian boat in the Gulf
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22 April
Not yet clear if Iran military satellite reached orbit, Pentagon says
The US military's second-highest official cautioned against news reports that Iran's first military satellite failed to reach orbit Wednesday
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22 April
IRGC claims successful launch of Iran’s first military satellite
Iran's IRGC announced they had successfully launched the country's first military satellite, the Nour, into orbit
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Mar- 2020 -13 March
US extends carrier strike group Middle East mission, sends Patriot missile defense system to Iraq
The US is moving Patriot air defense systems into Iraq and deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East for the first time since 2012 amid tensions with Iran
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2 March
Syria’s regime re-enters key Idlib town ahead of Russia-Turkey talks
Syrian pro-regime troops re-entered the Idlib province town of Saraqeb amid a blitz of Turkish strikes against Bashar al-Assad's forces
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Feb- 2020 -20 February
US links Saudi Aramco attack to Iran weapons ships seized off Yemen
Iran-made weapons components seized off Yemen's coast resemble those found at the site of an attack on Saudi oil facilities, the US said
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18 February
Syria: Iran IRGC member killed in Aleppo rocket strike
A member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hamidreza Babelkhani, was killed in bombardment in Syria's Aleppo
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13 February
US Navy seizes Iranian anti-tank missiles in Arabian Sea, command says
The US Navy boarded a boat in the Arabian Sea and confiscated a shipment Iran-made anti-tank missiles it says were illegally bound for Yemen
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