Organization · Military & intelligence
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Military, security, and economic institution
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a military and security institution with external-operations, intelligence, paramilitary, and economic components.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
The IRGC is a major institutional hub in this map because formal command connects it to the supreme leader, SNSC, Quds Force, Basij, intelligence organization, and Khatam al-Anbiya.
- Record type
- Organization dossier
- Primary role
- Military, security, and economic institution
- Network sector
- Military & intelligence
- Documented links
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Profile
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a military and security institution with external-operations, intelligence, paramilitary, and economic components.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH Iran network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
The constitution includes the IRGC commander on the SNSC.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranVahidi was appointed commander of the IRGC on 10 August 2026.
Limit: The cited record establishes a formal role. It does not establish control over every decision or private closeness.
IRNA via GlobalSecurity · six military appointmentsIzadi was appointed deputy commander of the IRGC on 10 August 2026.
Limit: The cited record establishes a formal role. It does not establish control over every decision or private closeness.
IRNA via GlobalSecurity · six military appointmentsAzmaei was appointed commander of the IRGC Navy on 10 August 2026.
Limit: The cited record establishes a formal role. It does not establish control over every decision or private closeness.
IRNA via GlobalSecurity · six military appointmentsThe Armed Forces General Staff coordinates the national military structure that includes the IRGC.
Limit: Coordination does not erase separate organizational chains of command.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranThe Quds Force is the IRGC branch responsible for external operations.
Limit: Branch affiliation does not describe every operational command or activity.
Al Jazeera · Qaani visit to IraqU.S. Treasury describes the Basij as subordinate to the IRGC.
Limit: This institutional description does not identify every operational reporting line.
OFAC · Basij networkThe Intelligence Organization is an IRGC institution; its permanent leadership was reported unresolved in August 2026.
Limit: The vacancy report does not establish who exercised every acting authority.
Iran International · unfilled security postsU.S. Treasury described Khatam al-Anbiya as an economic and construction arm of the IRGC.
Limit: This is a U.S. government characterization and does not map every subsidiary or contract.
OFAC · Khatam al-Anbiya designationWhat to watch
- Does the publicly identified leadership of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps change?
- Do official records document new coordination with Supreme National Security Council?
- Do later sources confirm, narrow, or supersede the relationships recorded here?
Source record
- 01Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Constitutional offices, appointment powers, executive structure, and Supreme National Security Council membership.
- 02IRNA via GlobalSecurity · six military appointments
Official appointment account for Ali Abdollahi, Kioumars Heydari, Ahmad Vahidi, Mostafa Izadi, Ali Azmaei, and Hossein Taeb on 10 August 2026.
- 03Al Jazeera · Qaani visit to Iraq
Current-role evidence for Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani in August 2026.
- 04OFAC · Basij network
U.S. government record describing the Basij as subordinate to the IRGC.
- 05Iran International · unfilled security posts
Reported leadership gaps in the Intelligence Ministry and IRGC Intelligence Organization in August 2026.
- 06OFAC · Khatam al-Anbiya designation
U.S. government record describing Khatam al-Anbiya as an IRGC economic and construction arm.