{"id":45164,"date":"2019-04-08T10:34:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45164"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:34:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:34:42","slug":"iran-designates-us-military-as-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45164","title":{"rendered":"Iran Designates US Military As Terrorist Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iran Designates US Military As Terrorist Organization<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Just hours after President Trump formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, Iran’s foreign ministry has put forward a bill placing US Central Command on a list of organizations designated as terrorists, akin to Daesh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Statement from the President on the Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I am formally announcing my Administration\u2019s plan to designate Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including its Qods Force, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.<\/strong>  This unprecedented step, led by the Department of State, 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.  The IRGC is the Iranian government\u2019s primary means of directing and implementing its global terrorist campaign.<\/p>

This designation will be the first time that the United States has ever named a part of another government as a FTO.<\/strong>  It underscores the fact that Iran\u2019s actions are fundamentally different from those of other governments.  This action will significantly expand the scope and scale of our maximum pressure on the Iranian regime.  It makes crystal clear the risks of conducting business with, or providing support to, the IRGC.  If you are doing business with the IRGC, you will be bankrolling terrorism.<\/p>

This action sends a clear message to Tehran that its support for terrorism has serious consequences.<\/strong>  We will continue to increase financial pressure and raise the costs on the Iranian regime for its support of terrorist activity until it abandons its malign and outlaw behavior.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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