One of the major ways, perhaps the most important, that Iran terrorizes is the use of its military, the IRGC. Certainly as part of a reborn JCPOA the U.S. Administration wouldn’t empower Iran by de-classifying Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization! See “The lessons for Israel from a new Iran nuclear deal – analysis,” Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2022. I paste below the following comments on 2-24-22 from the Counter Extremism Project, and fully concur. “Concern Mounting That U.S. Will Lift Terror Designation Against IRGC For Nuclear Deal” — “Speculation is increasing that the United States could agree to Iran’s demand to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations as a condition of a nuclear agreement. Senior officials in Israel including Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid are warning that Iran is “now asking to let the biggest terror organization on earth off the hook.” The IRGC is Iran’s main link to its terrorist proxies and is responsible for plotting or executing attacks on military personnel, diplomats, and civilians around the globe. In October 2017, the U.S. government labeled the IRGC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, citing support for its Quds Force as well as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Taliban. This action was followed by an April 2019 decision by the U.S. Department of State to add the IRGC to its list of U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. In so doing, the United States opened the possibility of levying additional sanctions on IRGC-related businesses, which reportedly dominate the Iranian economy. Outside its borders, Iran utilizes front companies to facilitate the flow of money to the IRGC, which then provides financing to Iran’s terror proxies. In January 2020, a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Major General Qasem Soleimani, then the commander of IRGC-Quds Force. At the time of his death, Soleimani was accused by the United States of commanding militants responsible for the deaths of more than 500 U.S. service members in Iraq between 2005 and 2011. Soleimani was also reportedly linked by U.S. intelligence to a 2011 assassination attempt of Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States in Washington. Following Soleimani’s death, Iran appointed Ismail Ghaani as the new head of the Quds Force. However, Ghaani has allegedly been unable to exert the same influence over Iran’s proxies as Soleimani, creating opportunities for other parts of Iran’s proxy network—for example, Hezbollah—to assume larger roles in managing Iran-backed militant groups in the region.”
This is the unjust and illogical and mismanaged sort of decision that Iran’s Regime regularly presents for its people. They turned away good meds. “State media reports Tehran sent AstraZeneca doses back to Poland due to 2020 decree by supreme leader to not allow any American- or British-made vaccines into the country.” See “Iran spurns over 800,000 donated COVID shots because they are made in US,” AP, February 22, 2022.
“Gantz claims Iran giving Venezuela attack drone know-how,” Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, February 22, 2022. “Defense Minister tells US Jewish leadership group that Tehran also gave South American nation precision-guided missiles to be used with Mohajer-6 drone.”
“Iran is squeezing Christians and other minorities out of the Middle East, researcher says,” Jonah McKeown, CAN, February 22, 2022.
“To Stop Iran’s Proxy Terrorists, Stop Iran,” Bradley Bowman, Joe Truzman, and Ryan Brobst, DefenseOne, February 22, 2022.
Quote of the Day. “The fact that a deal cannot go anywhere without crippling sanctions and the credible military threat is something I said over and over again to then-president Obama,” Netanyahu said. “Unless you have this combination… you cannot stop these rogue regimes by agreements.” See “Netanyahu urges US Jews to fight Iran deal or risk nuke threat on NY, LA,” Carrie Keller-Lynn, Times of Israel, February 22, 2022.