Report by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in which the data about Albania have been updated has revealed that the country is put in danger by over 65 terrorist organizations, including the ISIS and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.

On its official website, the CIA writes that these terrorist cells intend to carry out attacks all over the world. Although at no point in the report are specific cases given, in our country there have been attempts at terrorist attacks. Recall that on October 23, 2019, the State Police discovered an Iranian terrorist cell, which would carry out a terrorist act in Albania, on the day of Sultan Novruz. The General Director of the State Police, Ardi Veliu, revealed at that time the names of the Iranian terrorists who had targeted Albania, and that the "head" of the cell was the operative of the QUDS Forces, known as PEYMAN.

Ardi Veliu stated at the time that one of these operatives was Alireza NAGHASHZADEH, sent to Albania to gather information, while the other operator, Abdolkhalegh MALEK ZADEH, was directing the operational cell.

From the police investigations, it turned out that the head of the cell worked for the last two years with the boss of the Turkish mafia, Abdulselam TURGUT, a well-known figure of organized crime and planning of terrorist attacks.

Also, years ago, the General Prosecutor of Brescia, Luigi Maria Dell’Osso, in an interview for the daily ‘Il Corriere della Sera’ stated that ISIS has active recruitment centers in both Italy and Albania.

He specified that Albania is the neuralgic point of this network, while adding that in our country there was propaganda, recruitment and training of some people who were then sent to fight alongside ISIS in Syria, Libya or Iraq.

CIA REPORT

ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND ASH-SHAM (ISIS)

ISIS was formed in the 1990s when it took the name al-Tawhid wal-Jihad from Jordanian militant Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi to oppose the presence of Western military forces in the Middle East and Western support and the existence of Israel.

In late 2004, Zarqawi pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda (AQ) and led against the United States and Coalition Forces in Iraq until his death in June 2006.

In 2013, it took the name ISIS to express regional ambitions and expanded operations in Syria, where it established control of a large part of eastern Syria. On December 17, 2004, he was placed on the US State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

In 2017-2n ISIS lost control of its largest centers and since March 2029 has returned to guerrilla warfare and the most traditional terrorist tactics, assimilating into the wider population in Iraq and Syria, where it continues to maintain a substantial presence and carry out operations to date.

ISIS targets governments or groups that oppose its harsh Islamic ideology, including military forces and security services, government officials, Sunni rivals, Westerners, and religious and ethnic minorities. This organization is known for indiscriminate killings, mass executions, political assassinations, torture, kidnappings, rape and sexual slavery, forced marriages and religious conversions, the recruitment of children, the publication of videos of beheadings and the use of civilians as human shields. .

As of early 2021, about 10,000 captured ISIS fighters remained in custody in Syria while the number of group members, supporters or sympathizers in the world is still unknown.

ISIS currently raises funds through criminal activities especially kidnapping for extortion and extortion activities, it also receives funds through private donations, crowd aid, online humanitarian calls and investments in legitimate businesses. ISIS is armed with weapons it has purchased through local arms trafficking networks and produced itself.

ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD BODIES (IRGC)/ CODE FORCE

This organization was formed in May 1979, shortly after the fall of Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI, as leftists, nationalists and Islamists sought power; while the caretaker prime minister controlled the government and state institutions, such as the military, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's followers organized counterbalances, including the IRGC, to defend the Islamic revolution; the IRGC command structure bypassed the president-elect and went directly to KHOMEINI; The Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) transformed the IRGC into a conventional combat force with its ground, air, naval, and special forces, plus control over Iran's strategic missile and missile forces; since 2020, the IRGC is highly institutionalized and a military force parallel to Iran's regular armed forces (ART).

This organization is heavily involved in internal security and has significant influence in the political and economic spheres of Iranian society, as well as Iran's foreign policy. Its special operations forces are known as Force Quods specializing in foreign missions, providing advice, funding, guidance, material support, training and weapons to militants in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as extremist groups. , including HAMAS, Hezbollah, Kata'ib Hezbollah and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. They aim to defend the Islamic revolution of Iran and the state; the spread of Iranian / Shiite influence; providing internal security, including border control, law enforcement, and suppression of internal dissent. Influence Iran's politics, economy and foreign policy.

General Hossein SALAMI is the IRGC Commander; Brigadier General Ismail QAANI is the commander of the Quods Force; organized along the lines of a traditional conventional military force with the Land Forces, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force (including strategic missile forces), Cyber ​​Command, Quods Force (special operations) and Basij Paramilitary Forces (aka People's Mobilization Army)

They are based in Tehran; active throughout Iran and the Middle East region, as well as Afghanistan, Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen; have a worldwide ability to carry out attacks if the Iranian leadership deems it appropriate. In recent years, Qods Force planning for terrorist attacks has been uncovered and disrupted in a number of countries around the world, including Albania, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Kenya, Turkey, and the United States.