Quds Force
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The Quds Force is an elite unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for conducting foreign military, intelligence, and covert operations to advance Iranian interests abroad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quds Force canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10039133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quds Force Context triple: [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hasBranch, Quds Force]
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A.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a powerful branch of Iran’s armed forces, created after the 1979 revolution, that wields significant military, political, and economic influence both inside Iran and across the region.
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B.
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas, known for conducting armed operations primarily against Israel.
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C.
Al-Quds Brigades
Al-Quds Brigades is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, known for carrying out armed operations primarily against Israel.
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D.
Amal militia
Amal militia is the armed wing of Lebanon’s Shia Amal Movement, historically active as a major militia during the Lebanese Civil War and in subsequent Lebanese politics and security affairs.
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E.
al-Madani Brigade
The al-Madani Brigade is an armed Libyan militia unit associated with the powerful Zintan factions that played a significant role in the country’s post-2011 conflict dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quds Force Target entity description: The Quds Force is an elite unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for conducting foreign military, intelligence, and covert operations to advance Iranian interests abroad.
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A.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a powerful branch of Iran’s armed forces, created after the 1979 revolution, that wields significant military, political, and economic influence both inside Iran and across the region.
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B.
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas, known for conducting armed operations primarily against Israel.
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C.
Al-Quds Brigades
Al-Quds Brigades is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, known for carrying out armed operations primarily against Israel.
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D.
Amal militia
Amal militia is the armed wing of Lebanon’s Shia Amal Movement, historically active as a major militia during the Lebanese Civil War and in subsequent Lebanese politics and security affairs.
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E.
al-Madani Brigade
The al-Madani Brigade is an armed Libyan militia unit associated with the powerful Zintan factions that played a significant role in the country’s post-2011 conflict dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | special forces unit ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Supreme Leader of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandStructure | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chain of command ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 1980s ⓘ |
| designatedAs |
terrorist organization by Bahrain
ⓘ
terrorist organization by Canada ⓘ terrorist organization by Israel ⓘ terrorist organization by Saudi Arabia ⓘ terrorist organization by United States ⓘ |
| engagedInConflict |
Iran–Iraq War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraq War (post-2003 activities) NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ War in Afghanistan (post-2001 activities) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemeni civil war (indirect involvement) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | سپاه قدس NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Esmail Qaani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qasem Soleimani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | killing of Qasem Soleimani by U.S. drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020 ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionTitleOfCommander | commander of Quds Force ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
advancing Iranian interests abroad
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exporting Iranian revolutionary ideology ⓘ supporting allied non-state actors ⓘ |
| role |
covert operations
ⓘ
foreign military operations ⓘ intelligence operations ⓘ |
| shortName | IRGC-QF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
IRGC General Staff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Supreme Leader of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsOrganization |
Hamas
NERFINISHED
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Hezbollah NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Shia militias NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestinian Islamic Jihad NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfOperation |
clandestine operations
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proxy warfare ⓘ unconventional warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Quds Force Description of subject: The Quds Force is an elite unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for conducting foreign military, intelligence, and covert operations to advance Iranian interests abroad.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.