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The Iranian '''Quds Force''' ('''Jerusalem Force''') is the organization tasked with [[Iran]]'s external covert, paramilitary, [[terrorist]] and intelligence functions.  Quds Force also carries out some [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] functions.<ref>http://citizenship.typepad.com/isebrandcom/2013/10/perhaps-the-most-important-military-leader-opposing-the-us-who-youve-never-heard-of.html </ref>  As the name implies, the Jerusalem Force was organized to capture [[Jerusalem]] from [[Israel]].  Its leader answers directly to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah [[Ali Khamenei]] as of 2021.  The [[United States]] has designated the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) and Quds Force as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) based on the IRGC’s “continued support to and engagement in terrorist activity around the world.”<ref>{{cite news |title=Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Country-Reports-on-Terrorism-2019-2.pdf |agency=Country Reports}}</ref>

The Iranian '''Quds Force''' ('''Jerusalem Force''') is the organization tasked with [[Iran]]'s external covert, paramilitary, [[terrorist]] and intelligence functions.  Quds Force also carries out some [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] functions.<ref>http://citizenship.typepad.com/isebrandcom/2013/10/perhaps-the-most-important-military-leader-opposing-the-us-who-youve-never-heard-of.html</ref>  As the name implies, the Jerusalem Force was organized to capture [[Jerusalem]] from [[Israel]].  Its leader answers directly to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah [[Ali Khamenei]] as of 2021.  The [[United States]] has designated the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) and Quds Force as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) based on the IRGC's “continued support to and engagement in terrorist activity around the world.”<ref>{{cite news |title=Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Country-Reports-on-Terrorism-2019-2.pdf |agency=Country Reports}}</ref>

==Organization==

==Organization==

==Under Soleimani==

==Under Soleimani==

The Jerusalem Force was formerly led by Iranian General [[Qassem Sulemeini]] until the time of his death in January 2020.  In early 2008, the [[Iraq]]i President, Jalal Talabani, handed a cell phone with a text message to CENTCOM commander and later [[CIA]] Director [[David Petraeus]].

The Jerusalem Force was formerly led by Iranian General [[Qassem Sulemeini]] until the time of his death in January 2020.  In early 2008, the [[Iraq]]i President, Jalal Talabani, handed a cell phone with a text message to CENTCOM commander and later [[CIA]] Director [[David Petraeus]].

{{cquote|Dear General Petraeus, you should know that I, Qassem Suleimani, control the policy for Iran with respect to Iraq, [[Lebanon]], Gaza and [[Afghanistan]]. And indeed, the ambassador in Baghdad is a Quds Force member. The individual who’s going to replace him is a Quds Force member.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander?currentPage=all </ref>}}

{{cquote|Dear General Petraeus, you should know that I, Qassem Suleimani, control the policy for Iran with respect to Iraq, [[Lebanon]], Gaza and [[Afghanistan]]. And indeed, the ambassador in Baghdad is a Quds Force member. The individual who’s going to replace him is a Quds Force member.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander?currentPage=all</ref>}}

Soleimani oversaw the Quds Force operatives who plotted the assassination of the [[Saudi Arabia]]n Ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, in the [[United States]] in 2011.  Solemeini was designated in May 2011 pursuant to [[Obama administration]] Executive Order 13572, targeting [[human rights]] abuses in [[Syria]], for his role as the Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force, the primary conduit for Iran's support to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID).<ref>http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1181.aspx </ref>

Soleimani oversaw the Quds Force operatives who plotted the assassination of the [[Saudi Arabia]]n Ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, in the [[United States]] in 2011.  Solemeini was designated in May 2011 pursuant to [[Obama administration]] Executive Order 13572, targeting [[human rights]] abuses in [[Syria]], for his role as the Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force, the primary conduit for Iran's support to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID).<ref>http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1181.aspx</ref>

==See also==

==See also==