Israel Unveils IRGC Overseas Network After Foiling Azerbaijan Terror Plot

Overview

• Israeli intelligence said Monday it had mapped a covert Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps structure that runs operations outside Iran.
• Azerbaijani authorities arrested a cell with explosive drones and fragmentation charges that targeted the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan oil pipeline and Israeli and Jewish sites in Baku.
• Investigators tied the network to Unit 4000 and to Rahman Moqaddam, whom Israel says was killed in recent air strikes under Operation Roaring Lion.
• The agencies said the cell conducted physical surveillance under direct orders from handlers in Iran, and Iran's foreign ministry did not immediately comment.
• The network’s logistics reportedly moved through Turkey and Cyprus with links to militias in Iraq, raising risks for cross‑border energy routes and diaspora communities.