in 2020 to an estimated $43 billion in 2023. The inflated revenues have been instrumental in rejuvenating Iran's terrorist groups, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reporting a 13% increase in salaries for its militia fighters in Syria. Senators have pointed out the exponential growth of Iran's "ghost fleet" of

could help. Both Egypt and Iran have denied a report that General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Quds force, a division of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the man responsible for Iran's military operations in Syria, visited Cairo in January. There was no reaction in Washington to this report. If

and racketeering charges against nearly two dozen adults who are alleged to be gang members." This July 21 aerial view shows a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps moving around the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which Iran seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/AP) THE NEW WORL

and racketeering charges against nearly two dozen adults who are alleged to be gang members." This July 21 aerial view shows a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps moving around the British- EFTA00046477 flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which Iran seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/AP)

itage and issue to verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, which then turned away,' the British government said in a statement. ... Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denied Thursday that it was involved in challenging the British tanker, saying in a statement carried by the Fars news agency that there had been

including concealed tunnels and other hiding places. (Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim) -- A British warship tried but failed to prevent Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps from seizing a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, intercepted Page 13951 EFTA00044462 radio communications show, fueling a wave o

ith the U.S. Erin Cunningham reports: "The defendants, part of a group of eight imprisoned environmentalists, were arrested and jailed by the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps early last year for their work tracking the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. The trial sparked outrage among conservationists worldwide." --

ith the U.S. Erin Cunningham reports: "The defendants, part of a group of eight imprisoned environmentalists, were arrested and jailed by the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps early last year for their work tracking the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. The trial sparked outrage among conservationists worldwide." --