IRAN – The United States has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, effective Monday, the White House said in a statement.
The US President Donald Trump said the move, led by the Department of State, is an “unprecedented step” that “recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances, and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft,” a local media quoted.
“The IRGC is the Iranian government’s primary means of directing and implementing its global terrorist campaign.” The White House emphasized the action “sends a clear message to Tehran that its support for terrorism has serious consequences,” he added.
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The Vice President Mike Pence in a tweet Monday said their administration will not spare any attempt to stand tall against any possible threats coming from Iran, and will fight to stop the Islamic nation from producing terrorism around the world.
“… Our Administration is standing FIRM against the Iranian threat & we’ll continue to apply MAXIMUM pressure to stop Iran from exporting terrorism around the globe,” said Pence.
Today @POTUS designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Our Administration is standing FIRM against the Iranian threat & we’ll continue to apply MAXIMUM pressure to stop Iran from exporting terrorism around the globe.
— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@VP45) April 8, 2019
The designation will be the first time the United States has ever named a part of another government as a foreign terrorist organization, according to the White House, and will expand the scope and scale of the administration’s maximum pressure campaign on the Iranian regime.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – which is formed after and order by Ayatollah Khomeini – is a branch of Iran’s Armed Forces founded after the 1979 Revolution.
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