{"id":22164,"date":"2017-02-14T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/22164-iran-scale-of-irgc-foreign-fighters-program-revealed"},"modified":"2023-01-17T05:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T04:32:56","slug":"iran-scale-of-irgc-foreign-fighters-program-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-scale-of-irgc-foreign-fighters-program-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Scale of IRGC Foreign Fighters&#8217; Program Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &#8211;\u00a0The US Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) today revealed, from its sources inside Iran, the regime&#8217;s sophisticated program of training foreign mercenaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/22164-scale-of-iran-s-foreign-fighters-program-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"alternate noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-1\" class=\" size-full wp-image-48095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-1.JPG\" alt=\"Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-1\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-1.JPG 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-1-300x200.JPG 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-1-696x464.JPG 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has created the Training Directorate, codenamed &#8216;12,000&#8217;. Headquartered at the Imam Ali military base, the IRGC operates dozens of training camps across Iran, specializing in all aspects of warfare from missile to marine operations. Cadres are divided by nationality as well as specialization.<\/p>\n<p>The Training Directorate was approved by Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, on a visit to the Quds Force, according to a senior adviser to the IRGC commander-in-chief and the directorate\u2019s former commander, IRGC Brigadier General, Khosrow Orouj.<\/p>\n<p>Every month, hundreds of forces from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Lebanon &#8212; countries where the regime is involved in frontline combat &#8212; receive military training and are subsequently dispatched to the various frontlines. For operations in countries where there is no open warfare &#8211; including Persian Gulf countries, such as Bahrain and Kuwait &#8211; terrorists cells are trained instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-2\" class=\" size-full wp-image-48096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-2\" width=\"750\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-2-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-2-696x378.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NCRI today highlighted 14 IRGC training camps, as well as describing the command structure, stating that the commander of the Training Directorate, reports directly to Quds Force Commander, Qassem Soleimani. Terrorist training for operatives from across the globe is commanded by Colonel Tahmasebi. Codenamed &#8216;320&#8217;, the commander of heavy weapons training at Imam Ali military base is Colonel Ali Mohammad. In charge of &#8216;VIP Security&#8217; is Colonel Ramky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-3\" class=\" size-full wp-image-48097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-3.JPG\" alt=\"Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-3\" width=\"750\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-3.JPG 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-3-300x187.JPG 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-credit-should-go-to-Rebecca-Spendley-3-696x434.JPG 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The scale of the Training Directorate is underlined by the fact that just one of its training camps is currently sending 2,000 Afghans to Syria every week.<\/p>\n<p>IRGC mercenaries are first sent for ideological indoctrination at the Imam Ali Academy in Tajrish, Tehran. They are then sent to one of the following:<\/p>\n<p>Imam Ali Garrison &#8211; various<\/p>\n<p>Baadindeh Center in Varamin \u2013 urban warfare<\/p>\n<p>Malek Ashtar Camp in Amol \u2013 survival training<\/p>\n<p>Semnan Center \u2013missile training<\/p>\n<p>Lowshan Garrison &#8211; special training<\/p>\n<p>Telecabin Axis \u2013 commando training<\/p>\n<p>Abadan &#8211; marine warfare<\/p>\n<p>Ahwaz &#8211; marine warfare<\/p>\n<p>Qeshm Axis &#8211; marine warfare<\/p>\n<p>Mashhad Center \u2013 Afghan forces<\/p>\n<p>Pazouki Garrison \u2013 Afghan forces for Syria<\/p>\n<p>Chamran Garrison &#8211; Afghan forces for Syria<\/p>\n<p>Shahriar Garrison &#8211; Afghan forces for Syria<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the camps highlighted today, the NCRI stressed that the IRGC operates dozens of other similar bases and camps: there are many located near the Iran-Iraq frontier, to enable the Iranian regime to interfere in Iraq&#8217;s internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC, of which the Quds Force is part, is the bulwark of the religious dictatorship in Iran, engaging in domestic repression, external terrorism and nuclear weapons and missile production, as well as controlling large parts of the Iranian economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2003<strong><span>Location of 14 IRGC Terrorist Training Camps Around Iran<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"3\" class=\" size-full wp-image-30684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/04\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"723\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2003<span><strong>Location of 8 IRGC Terrorist Training Camps in Tehran<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"4\" class=\" size-full wp-image-48098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/4.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"878\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4.png 878w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-696x525.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2003<span><strong>Imam Ali Garrison<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span><strong>IRGC\u2019s Main Terrorist Training Camp for Foreign Nationals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"5\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"6\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/6.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"7\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/7.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span>Imam Ali Academy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span><strong>IRGC\u2019s Theoretical Training Camp for Foreign Nationals<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"8\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/8.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"9\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/9.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<span><strong>Lowshan Garrison<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span><strong>IRGC\u2019s Special Training Camp for Foreign Nationals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"11\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/11.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"12\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/12.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<strong><span>Pazouki Garrison<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span><strong>IRGC\u2019s Training Camp for Afghan Nationals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"13\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/13.jpg\" alt=\"13\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"14\" class=\" size-full wp-image-48099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/14.png\" alt=\"14\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14.png 1364w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14-768x359.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14-696x325.png 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14-1068x499.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1364px) 100vw, 1364px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<span><strong>Badindeh Garrison<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span><strong>IRGC\u2019s Urban Warfare and terrorist Training Camp for Foreign Nationals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"15\" class=\" size-full wp-image-44516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/15.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"16\" class=\" size-full wp-image-44517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/16.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"1364\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash;&nbsp;The US Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) today 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