ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORP

April 7, 2019

The US President Donald Trump's administration has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.

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  • The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp was formed after the 1979 Islamic revolution with a mission to defend the clerical regime.

  • Designating it as a terrorist organization by United States would be an unprecedented move that would ramp up pressure on the elite force.

  • The Trump administration has already imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran after withdrawing last year from an international agreement under which Tehran drastically scaled back its nuclear programme.

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