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The Quds Force have been conducting training sessions in Iran, offering specialized naval courses for mercenaries from Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and a number of countries in East Africa to give them the expertise to form naval units in their home countries, and expand the regime\u2019s terrorist activities across the region via its proxy forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The details uncovered by the NCRI\u2019s US office has outlined the Quds Force\u2019s cycle of recruitment for these courses, as well as the terrorist training operations for the regime\u2019s proxy groups and a list of the logistical and weaponry support that the regime has provided to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCRI <\/a>said, \u201cSince early 2021, and more so since August 2021, when Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> took office as the new president of the Iranian regime, Tehran has stepped up its maritime terrorist operations using its foreign mercenaries, especially the Houthis of Yemen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Quds Force faced a major blow, in their ability to intrude in the wars that have been ongoing across the Middle East, following the elimination of one of their top commanders, Qassem Soleimani, in January 2020. Therefore, in compensation, the IRGC has turned their focus to intervene in Yemen, by escalating terrorist naval activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCRI said, \u201cThe briefing also included information about how the Quds Force Naval Unit\u2019s trained troops are organized in naval commando battalions, which are specifically deployed in the Arabian Sea, Bab al-Mandab, and the Red Sea to disrupt maritime navigation of commercial ships, to attack ports, conduct ship hijackings, and plant mines, among other things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A major smuggling network has been uncovered, through which the Quds Force has been providing the regime\u2019s proxy groups with weapons and necessary equipment for potential naval attacks. In a bid to avoid detection, many methods are being used, as well as various routes between Yemen and Somalia, to transport the supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n