.. and not to the Iranian government. But what is the difference except in the theory of political science.
“Iran does not officially acknowledge the existence of the Qods Force. Military experts and some exiled Iranians say it is a wing of Iran’s ideologically driven Revolutionary Guards that operates abroad. They say it reports directly to Iran’s top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.”
“Military experts and some exiled Iranians say .....”
“They say it reports directly .....”
“They say...” Lol. Just gossip and rumor I guess. Reuters doesn’t want to go out on a limb and report that they are indeed for real. Lol.