Locator: 50169QUDS.
See this post -- my last note on the QUDs. '
In case you forgot, the QUDs -- wiki.
The Quds Force [Jerusalem Force] is one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
It specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. The U.S. Army's General Stanley McChrystal describes the Quds Force as an organization analogous to a combination of the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the United States.
Responsible for extraterritorial operations, the Quds Force supports non-state actors in many countries, including Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, and Shia militias in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
The Quds Force is "a classic example of state-sponsored terrorism."
The Quds Force reports directly to the Supreme Leader of Iran, most recently held by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until his assassination in 2026.
After Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike, his deputy, Esmail Qaani, replaced him.
The U.S. Secretary of State designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Quds Force as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in 2019 based on the IRGC's "continued support to and engagement in terrorist activity around the world." This was the first time that the U.S. ever designated another government's department as a FTO. Trump was president in 2019.
Fifty-three (53) members of the US Congress do not agree that this is a terrorist organization, a state-sponsored terrorist organization.
Earlier today, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) carried out a precision strike targeting commanders from the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC) operating in a Beirut hotel.
According to the IDF, the commanders were working to advance terror plots against Israel from Lebanese territory.
The military said the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps acts as a liaison between Iran’s IRGC and the Hezbollah terror organization, supporting Hezbollah’s military buildup.
Note the name Esmail Qaani above. Again, the dots continue to connect.
We'll probably hear from the fifty-three (53) members of the US Congress that supported this force.
