Iranian Revolutionary Guards 伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊

Iranian Revolutionary Guards
繁：伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊
简：伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队

對於伊朗而言，這次威脅是2003年美國入侵伊拉克以來最嚴重的。據伊朗官員稱，為了應對一路攻城略地的基地組織旁支激進武裝勢力ISIS(伊拉克與黎凡特伊斯蘭國)，伊朗已經將其精銳的伊斯蘭革命衛隊部署到了伊拉克。

伊朗衛隊進入伊拉克攻擊敘反對派（2014年6月13日）。文匯報，取自 http://news.wenweipo.com/2014/06/13/IN1406130048.htm。

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander has been killed in Syria in an incident that sheds light on Tehran’s growing, shadowy role in bolstering Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Dehghan, S. D. (2015, October 9.) Senior Iranian commander killed in Syria. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/09/senior-iranian-commander-killed-in-syria-hossein-hamedani.

“Through negotiations Americans seek to influence Iran… but there are naive people in Iran who don’t understand this,”Mr Khamenei was quoted as saying to the IRGC (Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution) commanders, who are also running much of Iran’s military involvement in Syria.

Iran’s supreme leader bans negotiations with the United States. (2015, October 7). The Strait Times. Retrieved from http://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-bans-negotiations-with-the-united-states.