Pan-Islamism
Movement advocating unity of Muslims under one state
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| March 2025 | The United States reportedly requested Syria's transitional administration to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization as a condition for partial sanctions relief. |
| February 20 2025 | The Security Service of Georgia conducted operations against IS militants, capturing RG-42 grenades, F-1 grenades, explosives, detonators, UZRGM fuzes, AK-74 Bakelite magazines, and 5.45x39mm ammunition. |
| September 19 2024 | Islamic State claimed its first-ever attack in Azerbaijan, reporting killing 7 Azeri security personnel and wounding 1 in a clash in Qusar district, Northern Azerbaijan. One IS militant was also killed during the incident. |
| July 2024 | The IRGC was suspected of attempting to assassinate former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |
| July 2024 | IRGC Navy significantly expanded its fleet by receiving 750 new ships, dramatically increasing its maritime capabilities and potential operational reach. |
| June 19 2024 | Canada designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization under the nation's Criminal Code. |
| June 6 2024 | The Georgian State Security Service detained and arrested two IS militants along with a weapons cache in the city of Batumi. |
| April 28 2024 | Suspected IS gunmen attacked a Russian police post in the village of Mara-Ayagy, killing 2 police officers and wounding at least 4 others. All attackers were allegedly killed during the attack. |
| April 22 2024 | Suspected IS gunmen attacked a Russian police patrol in Karachayevsk, killing 2 police officers and wounding a third, seizing their weapons and ammunition. |
| April 13 2024 | The IRGC, along with allies Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Hezbollah, and Ansar Allah (Houthis), launched a massive retaliatory missile and drone attack against Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. This was in direct retaliation for the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus on 1 April that killed two Iranian generals. The attack was the largest attempted drone strike in history, marking Iran's first direct attack on Israel in their ongoing proxy conflict and the first direct state-level attack on Israel since Iraq's 1991 missile strikes. |
| April 11 2024 | According to IS's Al-Naba newspaper, the group continued attacks on the Philippine Government, Army, and Moro militias, though not yet confirmed by official Philippine sources. |
| April 1 2024 | Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus resulted in the killing of two Iranian generals, which precipitated the IRGC's subsequent retaliatory strike on 13 April. |
| March 22 2024 | The Philippines announced that Abu Sayyaf had been 'fully dismantled', ending decades of jihadist insurgency. |
| March 3 2024 | Karabulak clash: A deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. |
| 2023 | Israel seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency belonging to Hezbollah and the Quds force of the IRGC. |
| November 2023 | Military of Islamic Emirate began creating Supreme leader-led task forces in Afghanistan, modeled after the structure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| August 2023 | IS experienced a major resurgence in the Philippines, claiming more attacks than in the previous two years combined, including the Mindanao State University bombing in Marawi. |
| December 2022 | German authorities accused the IRGC of attempting to orchestrate attacks against synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia and spying on the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. |
| November 2022 | Tsezar Tokhosashvili, known as Al-bara Shishani, was arrested in a joint special operation in Kyiv, Ukraine. |
| November 2022 | Tsiskara Tokhosashvili was detained by the State Security Service of Georgia for joining IS and assisting terrorist activities in Syria and Iraq. |
| November 24 2022 | Ukrainian officials reported killing ten Iranian military personnel and threatened to target any further Iranian military presence in Ukraine, with the Institute for the Study of War assessing these troops were likely from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. |
| October 21 2022 | White House press release revealed Iranian troops (likely Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel) were in Crimea, assisting Russia in launching drone attacks against Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure. |
| October 7 2022 | Canada expanded sanctions, banning 10,000 IRGC members from entering the country permanently. |
| October 3 2022 | Canada sanctioned the IRGC in reaction to the death of Mahsa Amini, targeting 9 entities and 25 individuals, including high-ranking IRGC officials. |
| May 2022 | Tbilisi City Court convicted the five individuals arrested in August 2021 for IS membership. |
| March 16 2022 | The IRGC adopts a new independent branch called the 'Command for the Protection and Security of Nuclear Centres', directly involved with Iran's nuclear program. |
| 2021 | Corps Intelligence directorate was accused of meddling in the Iranian presidential election, potentially interfering with the democratic process and political landscape of Iran. |
| August 2021 | Five individuals were arrested in Georgia for IS membership and plans to travel to a terrorist camp in Syria. |
| February 3 2021 | The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted an intelligence-based operation inside Pakistani territory to rescue two of its border guards who had been held hostage by the Jaish ul-Adl organization for two and a half years. |
| January 21 2021 | Aslan Byutukayev and five other IS militants were killed in Chechnya. |
| 2020 | IRGC members gave a talk to UK students that included discussion of an apocalyptic war with Jews. |
| 2020 | The Military Balance published its edition estimating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has approximately 190,000 active personnel, with control over the Basij mobilization forces and up to 40,000 active paramilitary forces. The report detailed the organization's force composition, including 150,000 Ground Force personnel, 15,000 in the Aerospace Force (controlling strategic missiles), and at least 20,000 Naval Forces personnel. |
| November 27 2020 | Top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior IRGC officer and key figure in Iran's covert nuclear program, is assassinated in Tehran, reportedly by Israel's Mossad. |
| April 2020 | The IRGC unveiled the Mostaan 110, an experimental medical device claimed to detect COVID-19, which was widely criticized as pseudoscientific. |
| January 17 2020 | Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei defended the IRGC during a Friday sermon, acknowledging the 'bitter' tragedy of the plane downing while claiming that Iran's enemies were attempting to weaken the organization through the incident. |
| January 8 2020 | The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, mistaking the passenger plane for a cruise missile near an IRGC base, resulting in a tragic accident. |
| January 3 2020 | Major General Qasem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike at Baghdad International Airport, along with PMF commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. |
| 2019 | Islamic State was defeated, losing all of its territorial control in Iraq and Syria, marking the end of its self-proclaimed 'Caliphate'. |
| 2019 | Reuters describes the IRGC as 'an industrial empire with political clout', emphasizing its significant economic and political power. |
| 2019 | Hossein Salami becomes the commander-in-chief of the IRGC. |
| December 2019 | U.S. Air Force conducted airstrikes on IRGC-sponsored Kata'ib Hezbollah weapons caches and facilities, which was followed by the group's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone. |
| November 2019 | Tsezar Tokhosashvili (known as Al-bara Shishani) was arrested in a joint special operation in Kyiv, Ukraine and later extradited to Georgia. |
| November 29 2019 | Fighters from Azerbaijan renewed their pledge of allegiance (bayah) to new IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi following Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death on 27 October. |
| July 2 2019 | Three IS fighters from Azerbaijan published a video pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, showing support with fighters armed with Kalashnikov-style rifles. |
| July 2 2019 | A law enforcement officer was killed and several others injured at a checkpoint near Bamut when a militant attacked with a knife and hand grenade. Islamic State claimed responsibility. |
| June 23 2019 | A knife-wielding militant attacked two police officers near Ramzan Kadyrov's residence in Grozny. The assailant was killed, with Islamic State claiming responsibility. |
| May 2019 | The United States accused the IRGC of being directly responsible for an attack on commercial ships in the Gulf of Oman, using limpet mines on four oil tankers. |
| April 15 2019 | The United States designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization. |
| April 12 2019 | An operation by Alpha Group, local police, and Rosgvardia killed 2 heavily armed IS militants planning to attack public places in Tyumen. |
| January 25 2019 | A gunman attacked policemen in Sernovodskoye (Kursky district), injuring two policemen. The attacker was killed, with Islamic State claiming responsibility. |
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