The Guardian Council is soft when vetting candidates, general says

TEHRAN – Former Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has criticized the Guardian Council for treating parliamentary hopefuls with leniency when vetting them for elections. 

Washington, Riyadh behind Iraq’s current unrest: general

TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, former chief of the IRGC, says the United States and Saudi Arabia are the culprits behind Iraq’s current riots.

Books on imposed war unveiled in Tehran

Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Chief Hossein Salami (3rd R) and ex-IRGC chief Mohammad-Ali Jafari (3rd L) unveil a collection of 90 books on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war at the Sacred Defense Research and Archives Center in Tehran on September 25, 2019. A number of military and cultural figures also attended the unveiling ceremony. (IRNA/Faraj Samadi) 

Ex-IRGC chief says military threats against Iran won’t work

TEHRAN – Former chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran’s great advances in producing different military equipment has rendered ineffective the military threats against the Islamic Republic.

MPs: Salami’s appointment sends ‘clear message’ to U.S.

TEHRAN – 251 MPs on Tuesday issued a joint statement in support of the appointment of Major General Hossein Salami as the new chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), saying the appointment sends a “clear message” to the hegemons including America.

Blacklisting IRGC rooted in U.S. ‘chain of defeats’: Jafari

TEHRAN - Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Chief Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari has said the terrorist designation against the forces under his command by the Trump administration is rooted in Washington’s “chain of defeats” in the Middle East region.

Zarif, his deputies meet top IRGC commanders

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies met on Wednesday with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Chief Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari.

Commander: IRGC to become stronger after U.S. ‘ridiculous’ move

TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will become stronger in its defensive and offensive power, IRGC Chief Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Tuesday.

Jafari: Terrorist designation for IRGC would end calm for U.S. forces

TEHRAN – The U.S. military will no longer have calm in West Asia if the United States designates the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, IRGC Chief Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Sunday.

IRGC chief: Pakistan expected to punish anti-Iran terrorists

TEHRAN – Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the IRGC, has said Tehran expects Islamabad to punish the terrorists behind a recent attack against its forces, which took place in the border province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

Iran unveils underground ballistic missile plant

The Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled on Thursday an underground plant manufacturing precision-guided ballistic missiles, Press TV reported.

Military threats against Iran have always backfired: IRGC chief

TEHRAN - Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Saturday that posing military threats against Iran has always backfired.

Iran says it will keep what it has in Syria

TEHRAN – Iran will keep what it has in Syria, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday, defying Israeli threats that Iranian forces might be targeted if they do not leave the country.

IRGC chief: Iran in economic war with enemy

TEHRAN – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari on Tuesday highlighted reasons behind financial problems facing the country, saying the Islamic Republic is in an economic war with the enemy.

IRGC inaugurates 5,400 projects in underprivileged areas

TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) inaugurated some 5,400 projects implemented in underprivileged areas across the country, IRIB reported on Tuesday. 

U.S. does not dare to consider military option against Iran: IRGC chief

TEHRAN – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Thursday that Iran has reached a degree of power that the U.S. does not dare to consider military option against it.

General Pakpour says Iran’s ‘operational doctrine is offensive’

IRGC holds military drills in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN - The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) held on Saturday military drills in the general region of the Persian Gulf, displaying the defensive and deterrent power of Iran.

Pressure on Iran has backfired: IRGC chief

TEHRAN - Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Tuesday that Iran has disappointed the enemies who have been working relentlessly to exert pressure on the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s response to Saudis will be ‘covert but painful’: IRGC

TEHRAN – The chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened the Saudi regime’s empty and hostile remarks against Iran will not go unanswered, noting that Tehran’s reaction will be “covert but painful”.

Five of Iran’s abducted border guards freed

TEHRAN – The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), has said that five of the 12 Iranian border guards, who were kidnapped last month by Pakistan-based terrorists, have been freed.

IRGC chief to Trump: Never threaten Iran

#DownWithUSA

TEHRAN – Iranians on Sunday held a large gathering outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran to cherish the memory of the capture of the “den of spies” in 1979, as the late Imam Khomeini called it back then.

Jafari: ‘Tough response’ awaits abductors of Iranian forces

TEHRAN – Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday vowed a “tough response” against the terrorists who abducted a number of Iranian border guards near the Pakistani border on Monday night.

Iran able to defend West Asia under 12 minutes: IRGC

TEHRAN – Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Friday that the Islamic Republic enjoys the military power to defend West Asia in less than 12 minutes.

Despite plots Iran’s security is exemplary: IRGC chief

TEHRAN - Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Monday that in spite of enemies’ plots, Iran’s security is exemplary.

IRGC-govt. mutual trust has brought many achievements: IRGC chief

TEHRAN - Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Sunday that mutual trust between the IRGC and government has brought many achievements to the Islamic Republic system.

“Guards of revolution’ will come hard on enemies like thunder: IRGC chief

TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) chief Mohammad Ali Jafari issued a statement on Saturday warning that the “guards of the revolution” are determined to come on enemies like a “destructive thunder” to take revenge of the organizers of the September 22 terrorist attack in Ahvaz.

IRGC chief censures Trump for ‘cheap remarks’

TEHRAN – Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday censured U.S. President Donald Trump for his “cheap comments” against Iran at the UN General Assembly, saying the current approach leads to more U.S. isolation.