Iran's Quds Force chief declares regional security belt stretching from Persian Gulf to Red Sea Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, has announced the establishment of a sweeping new security belt managed by the Axis of Resistance. This strategic defensive line will extend from the Strait of #Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb strait, bridging the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. In a statement reported by Tasnim News Agency