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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

military organization to protect the political system of the Islamic Republic in Iran
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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Summary

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a paramilitary organization[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of paramilitary organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,218 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Iran[3]
  • Instance of: intelligence agency[4], armed forces[5], Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations[6]
  • Founder: Ruhollah Khomeini[7], Mohsen Sazegara[8]
  • Headquarters location: Tehran[9]
  • Part of: Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces[10]
  • Commons category: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[11]
  • Has part(s): Ground Forces of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution[12], Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy[13], Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[14], Quds Force[15], Basij[16]
  • Inception: May 5, 1979[17]
  • Participated in conflict: Iran–Iraq War[18], Lebanese Civil War[19], insurgency in Balochistan[20], Syrian Civil War[21]
  • Significant event: Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus[22]
  • Official website: http://www.sepahnews.com[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[24]
  • Employees: 125,000[25]
  • Political ideology: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists[26]
  • Official name: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی[27]
  • Motto text: Prepare against them whatever you are able of power.[28], وأعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوة[29], Prepareu-los amb tota la força que pugueu[30], Preparu kontraŭ ili ĉian ajn potencon, kiun vi povas.[31]
  • Native label: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی[32]
  • Short name: IRGC[33], КСИР[34], КВІР[35], CGRI[36], پاسداران[37], Revolutionsgarde[38], الْحَرَس الثَّوْرِي[39]
  • Owner of: Tasnim News Agency[40]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[41]
  • Designated as terrorist by: United States[42], Bahrain[43], Saudi Arabia[44], Sweden[45], Israel[46], European Union[47], Paraguay[48], Ecuador[49]
  • Commanded by: Supreme Leader of Iran[50]
  • Endorsed by: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen[51]

Why It Matters

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

It is credited with the discovery of Reporter Files[54], a document[55].

FAQs

What did Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps discover?

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is credited as discoverer of Reporter Files[54].

Related Entities

Ahmad Vahidi Ali Khamenei Ali Larijani Ali Shamkhani Bahrain Ecuador Esmail Ghaani Hossein Salami Imam Hossein University Iran Israel Mohammad Bagheri Mohammad Pakpour Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mohsen Rezaee Noor Noor 3 Paraguay Qasem Soleimani Ruhollah Khomeini Sacred Defense Documentation and Research Center Saudi Arabia Sweden United States

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Toghrul R · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Endorsed by → All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Seal of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg"
  2. 10w ago · Western Liberal for Life · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → paramilitary organization, intelligence agency, armed forces +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus
    P14541 → jWRc2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 15w ago · Orijentolog · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Iran
    Part of → Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
    Has parts → —
    Official website → http://www.sepahnews.com
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participated in conflict: 2026 Iran massacres"
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