American Military News by Ryan Morgan March 17, 2022
U.S. negotiators are reportedly considering removing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) as part of ongoing negotiations to restart the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
A source close to the ongoing negotiations told Reuters that officials within the Biden administration are considering dropping the IRGC’s terrorist designation in exchange for commitments from Iran to reign in the group. Reuters’ source said the Biden administration hadn’t decided on what would be acceptable commitments from Iran in exchange for such a move.
When asked by reporters during press briefings on Wednesday and Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki would not confirm or deny that such a decision was under consideration.
The Trump administration added the IRGC to the State Department’s FTO list in April 2019. The administration cited IRGC support for terrorist attacks throughout the Middle East, including ones that have targeted U.S. citizens. The Trump administration assessed IRGC supported proxies have killed 603 U.S. service members in the region from 2003 to 2011. In September 2018, a U.S. federal court also found Iran and the IRGC liable for the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing which killed 19 Americans.
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