Ansar al-Mahdi Protection Corps
{{Short description|Military unit in Iran}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Ansar al-Mahdi Protection Corps
| dates = 1979-present
| country = {{IRN}}
| allegiance = Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
| role = Protection Corps
| command_structure = {{flag|Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps}}
| garrison = Tehran
| battles = Iran–Israel war
| commander1 = Fathollah Jamiri
}}
Ansar al-Mahdi Protection Corps are a military unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
History
It was founded in 1989 after the split of Ansar al-Imam (Guard Corps) and Vali-ye Amr special forces unit.{{Cite web |title=سردار جمیری: سپاه حفاظت انصارالمهدی هرلحظه حالت عملیاتی دارد - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1398/02/14/2003585/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B8%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF/amp |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}{{Cite news |title=گفتوگو با یکی از فرماندهان سابق سپاه انصارالمهدی / «حفاظت» شغل نیست عشق است - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/02/18/1401746/%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA-%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%BA%D9%84-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA/amp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201031329/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/02/18/1401746/%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA-%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%BA%D9%84-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA/amp |archive-date=2023-12-01 |access-date=2025-06-26 |work=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}
One of the commanders was Ali Nasiri.{{Cite news |title=سخنگوی سپاه: فرار و دستگیری چند تن از فرماندهان صحت ندارد |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-48600692 |access-date=2025-06-26 |work=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}
Their current commander is Fathollah Jamiri.{{Cite web |title=Al-Estiklal Newspaper |url=https://www.alestiklal.net/en/article/unmasking-the-unit-behind-ismail-haniyeh-s-assassination-iran-s-ansar-al-mahdi |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.alestiklal.net}}
The Mossad allegedly hired members of the unit to carry out Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.{{Cite news |last=Makoii |first=Akhtar |date=2024-08-02 |title=Mossad hired Iranian agents to plant bombs in Haniyeh’s residence |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/02/mossad-hired-iranian-agents-to-plant-bombs-haniyeh-rooms/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
Provincial Corps
=Zanjan Ansar Al-Mahdi Provincial Corps=
It was the forces of Zanjan province, on 14 June 2025 in Iran–Israel war declared the death of five of his fighters named after Commander Reza Najafi, Hassan Rasouli,{{Cite web |date=2025-06-16 |title=Two IRGC members killed in Israeli strike in northwestern Iran - IRNA |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202506162051 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.iranintl.com |language=en}} Hamid Tomari, Akbar Azizi and Amir Khani.{{Cite web |title=3 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in Israeli attacks on Iran |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/3-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-members-killed-in-israeli-attacks-on-iran/3598431 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}{{Cite web |date=2025-06-22 |title=La Guardia Revolucionaria Iraní en Zanjan anuncia el martirio de tres de sus miembros en una nueva agresión sionista |url=https://www.saba.ye/es/news3504316.htm |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.saba.ye |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Sayeh |first=Janatan |date=2025-06-14 |title=Iran announces more casualties, intensifies internal crackdown amid Israeli strikes |url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/06/iran-announces-more-casualties-intensifies-internal-crackdown-as-israeli-operations-continue.php |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=FDD's Long War Journal |language=en-US}}