Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Jun 8, 2026Intelligence
Lebanese President Aoun Accuses Iran of Using Lebanon as Negotiating Lever
Dispatch Washington · June 8, 2026 Lebanese President Joseph Aoun publicly accused Iran of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, a charge that Tehran promptly rejected and that mark…
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
Rubio Rules Out Sanctions Relief as Leverage to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 2 that the Trump administration has not offered, and does not intend to offer, Iran sanctions relief in exchange for re…
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
Iran Missile Attacks on Kuwait Strain Ceasefire as U.S.-Iran Talks Fracture Over Lebanon
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 U.S. Central Command intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces in Kuwait late Sunday, June 1, the latest military exchange to test a ceasefire that has held in nominal form si…
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May 29, 2026Intelligence
Israel Strikes Beirut as Iran Fires Ballistic Missile at Kuwait, Threatening Two Fragile Ceasefires
Dispatch Washington · May 29, 2026 The Israeli Defense Forces conducted a targeted strike in the Choueifat district southeast of Beirut on Thursday, May 28, the first strike near the Lebanese capital since May 6. [1][2] The intended targ…
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May 21, 2026Intelligence
Iran-U.S. War Talks Stall as IRGC Threatens Wider Conflict and Netanyahu Breaks With Trump
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a formal warning on May 20 that any resumed U.S. or Israeli military action would trigger retaliation extending beyond the Middle East. The IRGC, in a sta…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Iraq’s New Premier Pledges Militia Crackdown as U.S. Arrests Kata’ib Hezbollah Commander
Dispatch Washington · May 17, 2026 Ali al-Zaidi was sworn in as Iraq's prime minister on May 14, 2026, taking office against a backdrop of direct U.S. pressure and a parallel Justice Department counterterrorism action that illustrated pr…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
CENTCOM Commander Concedes Iran Retains Strike Capability Despite Administration Claims
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 U.S. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 14 that Iran retains residual military capability even as the Trump administration has publicly ch…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire on Life Support After Tehran Rejects Nuclear Terms
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 President Donald Trump declared on May 12 that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is "on massive life support" after Tehran submitted a counterproposal that Washington rejected as fundamentally incompatible with i…
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Apr 30, 2026Intelligence
Merz Breaks With Washington Over Iran War Strategy and Negotiating Posture
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly accused the Trump administration on April 27 of entering the Iran war without a viable exit strategy and of being outmaneuvered by Tehran at the negotiating table, marking his sharpest departure …
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Apr 26, 2026Intelligence
IRGC Seizes Two Commercial Vessels in Strait of Hormuz Hours After Ceasefire Extension
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seized two commercial container ships in the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, escorting them into Iranian territorial waters within hours of President Donald Trump announcing an indefinite exten…
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Apr 24, 2026Intelligence
DIA Assessment: China Weighed Supplying Iran With X-Band Radar Systems
Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency assessed that China was weighing whether to provide Tehran with advanced radar systems, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The assessment emerged in the weeks follow…