Iran Renames Quds Force Assassination Unit 840 as Unit 600 With Expanded Regional Structure

Analysis
Iran's Quds Force has kept its external assassination arm intact and reorganized it by region, with named desks for Israel, the United States and Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia. Reliance on veteran figures like Hagh-Lesan points to a thin command bench after the April losses, though the deniable-intermediary recruiting model does not depend on any single commander. Western counterterrorism and sanctions authorities that listed Unit 840 and Ansari now face a successor name that may fall outside existing designations. Confidence is low: Iran International is the only original reporting, resting on two unnamed sources and an unpublished chart, and the outlets that relayed it add nothing independent. No government has confirmed the renaming, the chart, or Mir's death. The report may be an opposition-outlet product, or a Quds Force disclosure meant to project reach, and Unit 600 may be an internal relabel with no operational change.