{"id":4139,"date":"2022-02-22T06:36:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T12:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2022-02-25T11:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T17:55:39","slug":"4139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2022\/02\/22\/4139\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the major ways, perhaps the most important, that Iran terrorizes is the use of its military, the IRGC.\u00a0 Certainly as part of a reborn JCPOA the U.S. Administration wouldn\u2019t empower Iran by de-classifying Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization!\u00a0 See \u201cThe lessons for Israel from a new Iran nuclear deal \u2013 analysis,\u201d<\/a> Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0I paste below the following comments on 2-24-22 from the Counter Extremism Project, and fully concur.\u00a0 \u201cConcern Mounting That U.S. Will Lift Terror Designation Against IRGC For Nuclear Deal\u201d \u2014 \u201cSpeculation is increasing that the United States could agree to Iran\u2019s 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 \u201cnow asking to let the biggest terror organization on earth off the hook.\u201d The IRGC is Iran\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s ambassador to the United States in Washington. Following Soleimani\u2019s 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\u2019s proxies as Soleimani, creating opportunities for other parts of Iran\u2019s proxy network\u2014for example, Hezbollah\u2014to assume larger roles in managing Iran-backed militant groups in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the unjust and illogical and mismanaged sort of decision that Iran\u2019s Regime regularly presents for its people.\u00a0 They turned away good meds.\u00a0 \u201cState 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.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran spurns over 800,000 donated COVID shots because they are made in US,\u201d<\/a> AP, February 22, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cGantz claims Iran giving Venezuela attack drone know-how,\u201d<\/a> Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, February 22, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDefense Minister tells US Jewish leadership group that Tehran also gave South American nation precision-guided missiles to be used with Mohajer-6 drone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is squeezing Christians and other minorities out of the Middle East, researcher says,\u201d<\/a> Jonah McKeown, CAN, February 22, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo Stop Iran\u2019s Proxy Terrorists, Stop Iran,\u201d<\/a> Bradley Bowman, Joe Truzman, and Ryan Brobst, DefenseOne, February 22, 2022.<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day.\u00a0 \u201cThe 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,\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cUnless you have this combination\u2026 you cannot stop these rogue regimes by agreements.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cNetanyahu urges US Jews to fight Iran deal or risk nuke threat on NY, LA,\u201d<\/a> Carrie Keller-Lynn, Times of Israel, February 22, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the major ways, perhaps the most important, that Iran terrorizes is the use of its military, the IRGC.\u00a0 Certainly as part of a reborn JCPOA the U.S. Administration wouldn\u2019t empower Iran by de-classifying Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization!\u00a0 See \u201cThe lessons for Israel from a new Iran nuclear deal … <\/p>\n

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