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IRGC Establishes Covert Cells in Iraq Targeting Gulf States

Jun 19, 2026 08:13 AM CT Iraq IRGC,Iraq,proxy warfare,Gulf security,covert operations

Summary

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has established covert cells within Iraq with the intent to attack Gulf neighbors. This development complicates the new Iraqi Prime Minister's diplomatic balancing act between Washington and Tehran and signals an escalation in Iranian proxy capabilities and regional aggression beyond the immediate Iran-Israel axis.

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Cells' covert establishment, posing a challenge to new Iraqi PM's balancing act between DC and Tehran, may have been spurred by other local pro-Iran factions' readiness to disarm The post Iran’s Revolutionary Guard set up Iraqi cells to attack Gulf neighbors, sources say appeared first on T...

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Established covert military cells in Iraq to launch attacks against Gulf states.