The alleged Iranian plot to kill Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir on U.S. soil has been dismissed by most commentators as being too far-fetched to be true. Indeed, the plan the U.S. government is accusing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of coordinating is well outside the organization's traditional sphere . However, Washington's confidence in its accusation is notable, as is the possibility for other, unreleased evidence. If the plot was real, it says much about the Iranian intelligence services' scope, ambitions and capabilities. The IRGC and its elite Quds Force generally have not been responsible for covert operations that do not involve proxy groups or that are far abroad.