Basiji militia leads Pasdaran crackdown against popular uprising in Iran

Tehran pulls its militias from Syria to beef up domestic fronts 

Now in difficulty on their home turf, the Revolutionary Guards are reviewing their militia system in order to adapt it to the evolving situation. Fighters in Syria, Iraq and even Lebanon are being redeployed to the most tense Iranian zones.

• IRAN/SYRIA - IRGC mobilises new militia against US interests in Syria

• CHINA - Retired military, state personnel hired to prevent iPhone production jam

• FINLAND - Border guards camp in the east
  

• SWEDEN - Bigger budget for interception agency FRA
  

• FRANCE - Senators move to make ANSSI more aggressive

• IRAN - IRGC's Unit 840 activated to dampen civil unrest.  

• CHINA - New names for Tibet and Hong Kong.
  

• EUROPE - EU member states to increase information sharing.  

• UNITED KINGDOM - Novichok questions shut down.  

• UNITED STATES - Biden's national security priorities in keywords.  

Mohammad Kazemi already at work reorganising the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence service 

Only just appointed to his new post as head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence service, Mohammad Kazemi intends to respond rapidly to Ali Khamenei's wish to reform this key component of the regime's security apparatus.

• IRAN - Tehran's Pasdaran spymaster on the way out
  

• FRANCE - Luxury villa awaits DGSE chief in Tripoli
  

• FRANCE - Ex-directors absent from DRM's 30th anniversary
  

• BELARUS - New narrative in security circles towards the West

Pasdaran play kingmakers in Ali Khamenei's succession 

With pressure building to name a successor to Iran's ailing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Pasdaran are manoeuvring to influence the appointment. President Ebrahim Raissi is their current favourite.

Pasdaran continue to build up their cyber warfare capacity 

Iran, which is determined to move into cyber space to engage with Israel and other enemies, is continuing to develop its electronic "army", under the watchful eyes of the Pasdaran and Russia, which has been advising the country.

Pakistani intelligence worries about its returning Shiite fighters, demobilised by Tehran 

Iran has pulled some of its troops out of Syria as fighting has almost stopped, and Pakistan is now concerned about returning Liwa Zainebiyoun militiamen, who have fought alongside Damascus since 2013. Islamabad dispatched its intelligence chiefs to Tehran to work out a way forward.