Also known as: the Revolutionary Guards · Iran's Revolutionary Guards · the Guards · Iran's Guards
Iran's military organization that has attacked US military assets, seized American equipment, and enforced shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz during ongoing US-Iran conflict since February 2026.
… Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked and stopped two "non-compliant oil tankers" attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, part of an effort to tighten its grip on the vital waterway while the war reignited.Following the deaths of at least three US soldiers in the …
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… Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that two oil tankers directed by "deceptive American intelligence agencies" exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, which the US military quickly denied.The Revolutionary Guards also said on state television they "stopped …
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… Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, where the military said it had intercepted attacks against civilian targets, while Jordan's armed forces said they had downed three missiles from the Islamic republic. …
… After the strikes, Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they had in turn fired missiles and drones on Bahrain, targeting a residential building for US forces and other facilities."We're going to hit them very hard tonight, and we're going to hit them hard tomorrow," Trump said a …
… ement over the weekend of a new closure of Hormuz -- a key conduit in the world's oil trade -- sent crude prices climbing on Monday and further battered an interim peace deal.Iran responded to the latest US attacks by targeting Gulf nations, with the powerful Revolutionary Guards …
… As the US attacks on Iran continued on Monday, Tehran said it would stop complying with a framework agreement to halt the fighting if Washington failed to meet its commitments.It also responded with attacks of its own targeting Gulf nations, with the powerful Revolutionary Guards …
… "Following this incident... the Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and until the end of American interventions in this region," Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday, according to state news agency IRNA. …
… The Pentagon said it had struck Iran early Sunday after the Revolutionary Guards fired on a Cyprus-registered container ship they said was sailing an "unauthorised route" through the Strait of Hormuz. …
Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced a new "prohibited zone" extending miles beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Sea of Oman and Arabian Sea, warning that vessels entering without coordination will face sanctions. The restriction is part of ongoing tensions since the start of a war with the United States on February 28, amid talks with Oman over a temporary shipping route.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced a new "prohibited zone" extending miles beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Sea of Oman and Arabian Sea, warning that vessels entering without coordination will face sanctions. The restriction is part of ongoing tensions since the start of a war with the United States on February 28, amid talks with Oman over a temporary shipping route.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they captured an American unmanned submarine in the Strait of Hormuz during what they described as a complex intelligence and operational action. The device, delivered to the US fleet in 2025, is equipped with technology for subsurface reconnaissance, surveillance, seabed mapping, mine detection, and inspection of submarine cables and pipelines.
Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels, including two US vessels and eight oil tankers, attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as fighting between Iran and the United States drove oil prices above $100 per barrel. Tehran's Revolutionary Guards also extended a "prohibited zone" to parts of the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea.
US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to hit Iran "hard" after the two countries traded strikes over the weekend—the first exchange in weeks. The incident followed six months of war in which Iran has kept the Strait of Hormuz closed and the US has maintained a counter-blockade of Iranian ports.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards attacked US military targets in the Middle East on Monday, striking two air bases in Jordan with ballistic missiles and targeting US personnel at a base in the United Arab Emirates, in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian territory.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that the United States would achieve nothing with its new round of economic sanctions, stating that America was unable to achieve anything in previous pressure campaigns. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had announced plans for the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, but Iran's leaders dismissed the measures, citing their experience enduring decades of sanctions since the 1979 revolution.
Iran said on Saturday that a deal with Oman on control of the Strait of Hormuz was close but would not be enough to free up the waterway. An agreement between Iran and Oman is seen as vital to a wider deal to end the war that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that communication with supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was very difficult at the moment. Khamenei, who was wounded in a US-Israeli strike and succeeded his killed father, has not appeared in public since, though he has communicated through written statements.
President Donald Trump promised to "hit back hard" at Iran after it attacked US bases in Jordan on Wednesday, reigniting Middle East conflict and prompting oil prices to jump five percent amid fears of supply disruptions. Saudi Arabia and the US announced strikes on militant bases in Iraq, while Israel accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of violating a ceasefire.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Gulf on Tuesday and warned of "more decisive and powerful" attacks to come, as Houthi rebels in Yemen blockaded Saudi ports and the conflict threatened to widen. The strikes followed US attacks on Iranian military positions and deaths of at least three US soldiers in recent days.
Iran has executed Aref Khoshkar, sentenced to death for killing security force member Salman Amir-Ahmadi during the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, after approval by the Supreme Court and at the request of the deceased's parents. The execution is part of a broader surge in Iranian executions since the start of the Middle East war in February.
Bombing intensified in the Middle East for the seventh consecutive night, with Iran threatening a "full-scale offensive" and hitting several US military sites in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain in response to American strikes. Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz and said they "stopped" four ships transiting the waterway, though the US military denied the tanker claims.
The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf on Thursday amid renewed fighting over the Strait of Hormuz, a month after a preliminary peace deal was signed to end the conflict that broke out in late February.
The United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade, resuming fighting nearly a month after both sides had signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending Middle East conflict. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, while US President Donald Trump threatened to expand strikes next week to hit power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to negotiations.
The United States launched a third night of strikes on Iran, hitting targets including Bushehr and Bandar Abbas, as President Trump planned to reimpose a blockade on Iranian ports and floated a 20 percent fee on Strait of Hormuz cargo. Iran's Revolutionary Guards responded by firing missiles and drones at Bahrain, targeting a US forces residential building and other facilities.
The United States struck Iran for a second consecutive day, prompting Iranian Revolutionary Guards to announce new attacks on Gulf nations including Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait. The escalation centres on competing claims over the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran announcing a closure of the strategic waterway and the US asserting it remains open to maritime traffic.
The Middle East has experienced US and Iranian attacks of unprecedented scale since an April ceasefire, with fighting over the Strait of Hormuz jeopardizing peace efforts. Iran's foreign ministry said it would stop complying with a June framework agreement if Washington failed to meet its commitments, though Tehran said it was continuing talks with mediators from Qatar, Pakistan and Oman.
Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed on Sunday while the US insisted it remained open, following another Iranian attack on a commercial ship and renewed exchanges of fire between the two countries over the waterway essential to global oil and gas supplies.
Iran announced closure of the Strait of Hormuz and launched missiles and drones at Gulf neighbours on Sunday in retaliation for US strikes, following an Iranian attack on a merchant vessel. Explosions and sirens were reported in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, escalating tensions in the Middle East conflict.
Tehran announced closure of the Strait of Hormuz and launched missiles and drones at Gulf neighbours in retaliation for US strikes following an Iranian attack on a merchant vessel. Sirens and explosions were reported across Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and other regional locations, marking the latest escalation in the Middle East conflict.
New fighting erupted between the United States and Iran hours before the burial of longtime supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Thursday, with Tehran targeting US allies in the region and American strikes hitting the perimeter of an Iranian nuclear power plant. The renewed hostilities, triggered by tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, sparked concerns of a return to full-scale war after an April ceasefire and a June US-Iran accord ended five weeks of conflict.
US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was "over" on Wednesday after fighting flared between the countries sparked by Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Both sides reported striking dozens of targets, straining an interim deal to end their war and pushing oil prices to their highest level in two weeks.
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran's new supreme leader following his father Ali Khamenei's death in a US-Israeli airstrike at the start of a Middle East war. Said to have been wounded himself, Mojtaba has issued over a dozen written messages as leader carrying on his father's confrontational ideology against Israel and the United States.
Mojtaba Khamenei, who spent his career behind the scenes, has been named to the lifetime post of Iran's supreme leader following a US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father Ali Khamenei in early July 2026. Said to have been wounded himself, Mojtaba has issued written messages continuing his father's confrontational ideology toward Israel and the United States, including blessing talks with the US to end the Middle East war.
The funeral procession for Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei began in Tehran on Monday, with state media reporting massive crowds of mourners as ceremonies unfolded after his body lay in state for two days. Attention remains focused on his successor, son Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared publicly since taking power.
Vast crowds of Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic massed in Tehran on Saturday to begin almost a week of funeral ceremonies for slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, with authorities seeking to send a message of defiance to the West. Khamenei, who had ruled Iran since 1989, was killed aged 86 along with several members of his family and top officials in an Israeli strike on February 28.
Iran accused the US of violating their deal to end the Middle East war after Washington launched strikes on Iranian territory and Tehran responded with attacks on US targets in the Gulf, following US accusations that Iran attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran launched attacks on US sites in the Gulf in response to American strikes on Iranian missile, drone storage, and radar positions, after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a US cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The exchanges raised questions about efforts to maintain the waterway's openness while the countries negotiate a settlement to a war that began on February 28.
Iran accused the United States of violating a peace deal after Washington struck Iranian missile, drone storage, and radar sites in response to alleged Iranian attacks on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran's Revolutionary Guards retaliated with strikes on US targets in the Gulf region and warned of broader response if aggression continues.