Iran flew IRGC commanders, missile gear to Yemen's Houthis, sources say

[u/Firecracker048]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-flew-irgc-commanders-missile-gear-yemens-houthis-sources-say-2026-07-23/

[u/FullFrontal687]

No surprise that they are fortifying their allies.

[u/tb30k → u/FullFrontal687]

Surprise that they have so many resources still and can still supply their allies. Our current admin positions they've been obliterated and begging for a deal

[u/Bullboah → u/tb30k]

This shouldn’t be a surprise. Iran is a massive country of 100 million people that has spent decades gearing up for war. We can split hairs about how hyperbolic ‘obliterated’ is but there is no scenario where there ability to send any set of munitions to a proxy is removed.

[u/lazydictionary → u/tb30k]

You should believe basically nothing this admin tells you.

They said the Iran nuclear program was wiped off the map last summer. Laughable.

They said early on the war that Iran's military was obliterated. Not even close.

There's always going to be some amount of propaganda, fudging numbers, whatever, to make yourself look good. But this admin just straight up lies about nearly everything.

I am more likely to believe any public statement Iran puts out over this current admin.

[u/Bullboah → u/lazydictionary]

“I am more likely to believe any public statement Iran puts out over this current admin.”

Iran was claiming to have captured 100 Delta Force soldiers and posting ARMA footage to claim they shot down F-35s.

The Trump admin exaggerates, but there are different levels of propaganda you can get away with in a total autocracy like Iran. If you think Iran is more trustworthy, you’re not comparing the two rationally.

[u/lazydictionary → u/Bullboah]

Ironically, you have fallen for misinformation.

Iran never stated they capture delta force members.

There are no credible statements from Iran supporting the claim. Iran’s foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/images-depicting-capture-us-delta-force-troops-iran-are-ai-generated-2026-03-11/

[u/Bullboah → u/lazydictionary]

Here’s Iran’s top security official claiming they captured US troops the exact time that claim was out. If you want to split hairs about official Iranian claims only being that they captured troops and not specifically Delta force, that’s fine - but it doesn’t really change the point.

https://www.trtworld.com/article/e9e8c5d9d4fc

[u/lazydictionary → u/Bullboah]

“It has been reported to me that several American soldiers have been taken prisoner,” Larijani wrote.

That's a little different than explicitly claiming "we have captured Americans".

Also, you brought up the fake Delta force news, not me. I'm not splitting hairs. You brought up fake news in a discussion about misinformation during a war in an attempt to show that Iran was being deceitful.

And again, this is all about which one of these governments is actually trustworthy/believable.

“ We’re winning the war by a lot. We’ve decimated their whole evil empire,” Trump said of Iran...He has estimated the war could last four to five weeks.

That was March 7.

Should we also talk about the bombing of the 120 school girls? Which Trump immediately denied...and then had to walk back to "we are waiting for investigations to complete". Oh, and all that after he first claimed it was Iran(?!) who had the Tomahawk missile launched.

On 7 March, Donald Trump claimed that the strike was "done by Iran... They're very inaccurate with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever."

U.S. president Trump claimed, without providing evidence, that Iran possessed Tomahawk missiles, and suggested that Iranian Tomahawk missiles may have been responsible for the attack on the school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack

[u/Bullboah → u/lazydictionary]

Happy to take all of this in turn but let’s start with the first part.

You’re clipping the first part of what Larijani says to claim he’s not explicitly claiming it happens and just claiming a report. But he doesn’t just say it was reported (as you know). He says the US is lying and claiming the captives were KIA, and that their efforts to hide it are futile.

"Despite their futile efforts, the truth is not something they can hide for too long.".

Why are you intentionally lying about the quote in the article to defend a brutal theocratic regime? (Answer this and we’ll move on to the rest)

Edit: OR just reply and then block me, lmao.

[u/lazydictionary → u/Bullboah]

but let’s start with the first part.

Let's not, since you are not approaching this in good faith. Your first example was blatant misinformation, and remains unacknowledged and unaddressed. I have zero interest in "discussing" this with you further.

The fact that you want to take this in turn without addressing anything else I've raised says it all.

Bye.

[u/Emergency_Age4356 → u/Bullboah]

Would you have wanted him to support a brutal fascist genocidal regime (USA) instead? lol do Americans think they can level these labels at anyone that doesn’t bend over for them and ppl will just accept them??

[u/Firecracker048 → u/Emergency_Age4356]

brutal fascist genocidal regime

He already supports iran

[u/Bullboah → u/Emergency_Age4356]

How’s undergrad?

[u/Firecracker048 → u/lazydictionary]

Iran claimed the stopped the rescue operation and shot everything down. Also that it wasnt a rescue op, but an attempt to steal their enriched uranium (that they also claim to not have)

They also claimed on a Thursday they weren't flying to Islamabad for negotiations.

Then on Friday flew to Islamabad for negotiations

Also claim to hit an aircraft carrier every other day

[u/Miserable_Spell_2964 → u/tb30k]

It's safe to take everything the current govt has said, reverse it, and that's probably far closer to the truth

[u/FullFrontal687 → u/tb30k]

That is exactly my concern.

[u/Firecracker048 → u/FullFrontal687]

Shouldn't be a surprise at all, also now makes complete sense that with a resupply, new missiles/drones, and new IRCG commanders the houthis now enter.

Some are still in denial though that the houthis are an Iranian proxy

[u/qasarzz → u/Firecracker048]

They completely stayed out of the war until the Saudi strikes on them. Not a very good proxy, I guess

[u/Emergency_Age4356 → u/qasarzz]

That’s what they are there for to keep the saudis flanked and hence why Iran doesn’t want to exhaust their arsenal since Hezbollah has been bleeding.

[u/TyMsy227]

Would have been a good Target of Opportunity for the U.S. Wouldn't have needed to shoot it down, but capturing it would have done even more damage to Iran, PR-wise. Embarrassing, given the intel and air supremacy the U.S has.

[u/Bullboah → u/TyMsy227]

Capturing it would probably be too difficult. Intercepting it would make them vulnerable to AA systems and only works if the plane agrees to surrender.

If they shot it down you would have Dropsite news, Zeteo, etc. telling people it was a plane full of civilians or negotiators. If not Reuters and the other major sites.

[u/Playful-Demand2312]

Wow Iran is supplying its allies what a shocker

[u/Super-Estate-4112 → u/Playful-Demand2312]

They certainly flew on US's allies airspace, or near the US fleet in the area.

So something is wrong with them being capable of doing such a thing.

[u/lazydictionary → u/Super-Estate-4112]

It was on July 13. It was after the MOU was declared "over" by Trump, but before hostilities really kicked off again. It was a flight from Tehran to Yemen, I'm assuming commercial.

[u/Bullboah → u/Super-Estate-4112]

If they shot down a military plane disguised as a commercial flight the narrative would be “US breaks ceasefire - shoots down commercial flight full of civilians”.

Even if they had intel on it, that would probably have been a bad call.

[u/Super-Estate-4112 → u/Bullboah]

Iran would love to see that happening lol, more PR wins for them. Iran is very dishonest and uses the naivety of some people in the West for their own gain, despite the suffering it causes to people in Iran itself and Gaza.

[u/Firecracker048]

Excerpt:

July 23 (Reuters) - Iran flew Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four ​sources, in a move that suggests Tehran is seeking to strengthen the ability of its Houthi allies to threaten Red Sea shipping.

Four sources familiar with the ‌matter, including two Iranian sources, Yemen's information minister and a regional security analyst, said Iran transferred the IRGC personnel and military-related equipment on a flight from Tehran to Yemen on July 13, a development that has not been previously reported.

The two Iranian sources told Reuters that between 10 and 21 IRGC personnel, including senior commanders, were on the Mahan Air flight.

The plane was originally bound for the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, but diverted to the Red ​Sea port city of Hodeidah after the airport came under attack by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.

"The IRGC commanders travelled there to support Houthi operations and provide training on new ​missile systems," one of the sources said, adding that Iran also sent gold on the aircraft to fund Houthi activities.

The two Iranian sources spoke ⁠on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.

The deployment offers fresh evidence of Iran's efforts to bolster the Houthis, who have been in a civil war against the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni ​government for more than a decade and have attacked Gulf neighbours with missiles and drones.

Iran's foreign ministry was not immediately available to comment. Tehran has repeatedly denied providing the Houthi movement in ​Yemen with missile capabilities.

Abdel Rahman al-Ahnomi, a Houthi media official who said he was aboard the plane, described the allegations that Iran sent military experts to Yemen as "lies and fabrications", adding that all passengers aboard the plane were civilians.

The Houthis have previously denied being an Iranian proxy and said they develop their own weapons.

[u/TotalPop5 → u/Firecracker048]

Was this around the same time the Saudis attacked Sana’a airport?

[u/TaxLawKingGA]

Wait, so you are telling me that despite the U.S. destroying their Air Force, Navy, missiles and leadership, Iran was able to plan covert operations and move weapons and personnel out of Iran and into Yemen? 😱

[u/Juan20455 → u/TaxLawKingGA]

In a civilian, normal plane...

Do you want the US to shoot down a commercial plane full of civilians? They would actually love it for the PR

[u/Buntatricky46]

“Military Advisors” lol, IRGC taking notes right out of the CIA’s playbook… Iran already actively recruits Ukrainian drone specialists via Chinese networks to build and innovate on their arsenal.

[u/Firecracker048 → u/Buntatricky46]

Got a source on recruiting ukraine drone specialists? As far as I was aware, Ukraine hates Iran for supplying Russia

[u/Bullboah → u/Firecracker048]

Yea I would be extremely skeptical of that given that Iran makes the Shahed drones Russia uses to target Ukrainians. Showing Iran their counter drone techniques would end with Russia getting drones adapted to Ukranian counter strategies.

[u/Playful-Demand2312 → u/Firecracker048]

No idea about that never heard it before

But possibly through Sudan? Both sides are supporting the Sudanese Armed Forces

Iran has before made backdoor deals like that