Iran’s intelligence network is not a monolithic entity but a web of competing and cooperating factions that execute the regime’s global ambitions. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Quds Force, and Ministry of Intelligence each play distinct yet overlapping roles in conducting assassinations, abductions, and sabotage operations worldwide. While institutional rivalries persist, their shared objective—suppressing dissent and expanding Iran’s geopolitical reach—ensures continued collaboration.

While the United States is focused on the election, the domestic terrorism warning signs are still blinking red. Over the last few months, the Department of Justice has indicted another Islamic State terrorist and uncovered an Iranian assassination plot against former President Donald Trump.

US issues global travel alert after Paris terror attacks

Countering Cyberattacks Without a Playbook

US backed talks between jihadi clerics and ISIS in effort to save hostage’s life

Port Authority Officer Kept Sources With Ties to Iran Attacks

How an American suicide bomber’s travels went unmonitored

FBI expects ISIS to retaliate for airstrikes

US airstrikes boost Islamic State, more hostages possible: FBI

Suicide Bomber From US Came Home Before Attack

Holder Urges Europeans to Step Up Antiterrorism Tactics

FBI Director Says Syrian Civil War Poses Growing Threat

Feroz Ali Abbasi was once held at Guantanamo and US officials have accused him of agreeing to take part in al Qaeda’s attacks against the West. He was transferred to Britain in 2005, but his story is a key part of the case against Abu Hamza al Masri, whose trial began this week in New York.

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Inside the FBI’s secret relationship with the military’s special operations

Interactions of Bin Laden and Son-in-Law Detailed in an FBI Document

The 2004 Madrid train bombings were not carried out by “lone actors” with no ties to al Qaeda’s international terrorist network, as an FBI commission recently claimed. The terrorists responsible had extensive ties to al Qaeda.
