U.S. Labels Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

The Trump administration is designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, taking an unprecedented step as it seems to increase pressure on Iran’s regime. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned that if the U.S. labels his force as a terrorist group, the result would mean the Revolutionary Guard could target the U.S. military the same way it currently targets ISIS. The U.S. has previously targeted the Revolutionary Guard’s investment arm — the IRGC Cooperative Foundation, or Bonyad Taavon Sepah — with the Treasury Department saying in 2010 that military leaders were using the organization to exert control over Iran’s defense production, construction, and oil and gas sectors.

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