Ali Alfoneh

Quds Force Commander and Candidate: Gholamreza Baghbani

A review of Brigadier General Gholamreza Baghbani's career trajectory solidifies a pattern of generational change in the IRGC QF in which...

Iran's Most Dangerous General

To counter Qassem Suleimani and the Quds Force in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, US strategists need to understand his history of over...

Khamene'i's Balancing Act

Seventeen months after the fraudulent June 12, 2009 presidential election, which threw the Islamic Republic into its worst political cris...

Iran's Secret Network: Major General Qassem Suleimani's Inner Circle

On January 24, 2011, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei promoted Qassem Suleimani, chief of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary G...

Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani: A Biography

Ali Alfoneh on why Qassem Suleimani was named the chief of the IRGC Qods Force in the late 1990s.

Iranian Influence in Afghanistan: Refugees as Political Instruments

Iranian Influence in Afghanistan: Imam Khomeini Relief Committee

A look at how the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee helps Iran expand its influence in Afghanistan.

Iran's Hidden Revolution

Iran's Revolutionary Guards were the real benefactors of the June elections, argue two observers.

Four More Years of Ahmadinejad

Iran's Election: A Predictable Victory for Khamenei

What Do Structural Changes in the Revolutionary Guards Mean?

Indoctrination of the Revolutionary Guards

Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Book Reivew

Republic Enemy

The Revolutionary Guards' Role in Iranian Politics

The End of Ahmadinejad?

Ahmadinejad versus the Technocrats

Iran's Parliamentary Elections and the Revolutionary Guards' Creeping Coup d'Etat

How Intertwined Are the Revolutionary Guards in Iran's Economy?

Iran's Suicide Brigades