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REVOLUTIONARY GUARD

Employees fill boxes of perished goods outside an Intermarche supermarket in Paris on Oct. 13, a day after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2026
France supermarket hack marks new phase in Iran’s shadow war
Cyberattacks hit French supermarkets last month, forcing the disposal of entire inventories of perishable food.
Refrigerators sit empty at the frozen food aisle inside an Intermarche supermarket in Paris a day after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores on Oct. 13.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2026
French officials blame Iran for refrigerator hacks and vow retaliation
A joint report issued by French spy and cyber agencies accused a cyber offensive unit tied to the Revolutionary Guard of being behind the campaign.
Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2026
Iran shifting tactics to step up attacks on shipping before U.S. vote, officials say
The strategy is designed to keep oil prices high, according to two senior Iranian officials.
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (left) and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf meet in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2026
Qatar steps in to mediate as Trump says U.S. not talking to Iran
Major combat operations have been paused for weeks but there has been little progress toward a wider peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran.
A Houthi follower looks on, during a pro-Iran demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen, in April.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2026
Iran flew IRGC commanders and missile gear to Yemen’s Houthis, sources say
The move suggests Tehran is seeking to strengthen the ability of its Houthi allies to threaten Red Sea shipping.
Mourners attend a funeral procession for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Feb. 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, in Qom, Iran, on July 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2026
Ali Khamenei was a monster. The U.S. made him a martyr.
For IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi and other regime leaders, this funeral was probably more important than their 60-day negotiations with the U.S.
People cross the street past a large billboard showing portraits of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left) and his slain successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in central Tehran on June 8.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 20, 2026
Iranian Guard’s business empire to win big if U.S. sanctions lifted
As the two sides eye a deal to end the war that could unlock billions of dollars ?for Iran, the elite Revolutionary Guard is poised to be one of the biggest beneficiaries.
People walk along a street with Iranian flags and a poster bearing images of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on March 9.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
With war likely over, Iranian rulers must face demands of embittered population
Iran’s powerful hard-liners and ordinary people both have high expectations, conflicting demands ?and little patience.
A woman holds a poster depicting Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Tehran on March 26.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2026
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seizes wartime power, blunts supreme leader’s role
Tehran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power.
A plume of smoke rises in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 10, 2026
Iran bets on endurance and energy disruption to outlast foes in conflict
By driving up energy prices and spreading financial pain across Western economies, Tehran hopes the pressure will force a U.S. retreat.
People mourn the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint U.S. and Israeli strikes, in Tehran on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2026
Trump’s ambitions for Iran: He wants everything.
Yet the most ambitious goal, and the one that must be achieved to make sense of all the others, was regime change.
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps salute during a military parade in Tehran in September 2019. The European Union has designated the Guard a terrorist organization.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2026
EU designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization in policy shift
A brutal crackdown on a nationwide protest movement in Iran earlier this month, killing thousands, increased momentum ?for the move.
A demonstrator burns a photo of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a protest in support of the Iranian people outside Downing Street in London on Jan. 11.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader trapped in a web of his own making
Should another war with the U.S. or Israel erupt, Iranians both inside and outside the country now appear far more willing to support it.
Iran's national flag flies over the Iranian embassy in Canberra on Tuesday, the day Australia's government said it is expelling Iran's ambassador, accusing the country of being behind antisemitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2025
Australia expels Iranian ambassador over antisemitic attacks
Australian intelligence services reached the “deeply disturbing conclusion” that Iran directed at least two arsons, in Melbourne and Sydney.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami reviews military equipment during an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, on Oct. 17, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 18, 2024
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards extend control of oil exports, sources say
All aspects of the oil business have come under the growing influence of the Guards.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Friday that Iranian plotters had discussed a plan to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2024
U.S. announces charges in alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
A U.S. cybersecurity firm has reported that a hacking group in Iran operated fake HR companies to target individuals in the Middle East who were willing to sell secrets to Israel and other Western governments.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2024
Iran used fake HR firms to root out unfriendly spies, researchers say
Hackers lured security officials across Iran, Syria and Lebanon who were willing to sell state secrets to Israel and the West into a cyber espionage trap.
Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander Mohammad Hejazi, in Tehran, on April 14, 2022.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2024
Iraqi armed groups dial down U.S. attacks on request of Iran commander
A top Iranian security official said: “Commander Qaani’s visit was successful, though not entirely, as not all Iraqi groups consented to de-escalate.”
People gather near the site struck by a reported Israeli military strike in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jan 20, 2024
Apparent Israeli strike on Damascus kills four Iranian Revolutionary Guards
Syrian state media said a likely Israeli attack had targeted a building in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus, without giving further details.
Air traffic at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq, was suspended in the early morning on Tuesday amid explosions.
WORLD
Jan 16, 2024
Iran attacks Israel’s ‘espionage centers’ in Iraq, state media says
Revolutionary Guards said they also struck in Syria against the Islamic State group.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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