Head of snake cut off: US says Iran Revolutionary Guard’s headquarters decimated

The United States military on Monday announced the total destruction of Iran's elite force, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters in Tehran, describing the operation as having "cut off the head of the snake".

"The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed more than 1,000 Americans over the past 47 years. Yesterday, a large-scale U.S. strike cut off the head of the snake," the US Central Command posted on social media.

The IRGC, an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces established after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to safeguard the country’s Islamic system, had been strengthened under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and operated directly under his authority.