On March 7, 2012 the United States Department of Treasury (USDOT) designated Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force (IRGC QF) Brigadier General Gholamreza Baghbani, “current chief of the IRGC QF office in Zahedan,” as “a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker” under … read more
On September 14, 2011, Iran’s state-controlled media outlets announced that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had replaced Hojjat al-Eslam Esmail Sa’adatnezhad with Hojjat al-Eslam Ali Shirazi as his representative to the Quds Force–the elite unit within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps … read more
As Iran’s March 2012 parliamentary elections grow nearer, the Islamic Republic’s authorities are increasingly concerned that the country will experience public protests similar to those seen after the fraudulent 2009 presidential election. The regime is desperately trying to prevent intensified … read more
