Episode
The Long Arm of Tehran: Quds Force, Global Hit Networks, and Iran’s Shadow War
- Podcast
- Spy Craft
- Published
- Jun 15, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 576
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Summary
For decades, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force has operated a clandestine global network responsible for assassinations, proxy warfare, and targeted operations against dissidents, intelligence officers, and American interests across multiple continents. This episode pulls back the curtain on how the Quds Force is structured, how it recruits and runs assets, and what its most audacious operations reveal about the strategic logic behind Tehran’s shadow war. Drawing on open-source intelligence, defector accounts, and documented operations, we examine the machine built by Qasem Soleimani and what it continues to do after his death.