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“The Islamic Republic is a theocratic dictatorship, and the IRGC is the core source of their power,” said CUFI Action Fund chair Sandra Parker. “From subjugating the Iranian people to supporting terrorists and rogue regimes, the IRGC is the backbone of Tehran’s tyranny.”
Created as a parallel force to the regular Iranian army after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arms, trains, funds and deploys radical forces across the Mideast.
King Abdullah might be expected to help resolve the Palestinian problem in ways that could change his country’s character and demography, such as naturalizing refugees, forming a confederacy with the Palestinian Authority or becoming an alternative homeland for the Palestinian people.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the designation will take effect on April 15, and that doing so is “recognizing a basic reality.”
If the designation goes through, Americans will be banned from doing business with or providing support to IRGC, and its assets inside the United States will be frozen.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been a main part of Iran’s ambitions for regional hegemony through its presence in countries such as Syria and Iraq, assisting the regime’s proxies, including Hezbollah.
“I’m optimistic that what we’re doing will give us a better likelihood that we’ll achieve outcomes that would be better for the people of Israel and the Palestinian people,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The Trump administration understands the need for Israel to have “overriding security control” in the West Bank in any future peace deal with the Palestinians, said U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
“[U.S. President Donald] Trump’s move is important in that it teaches a lesson to Arab leaders: The longer you wait to make peace with Israel, the less you’re going to get,” said David Weinberg, vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
Amir Toumaj, an independent Iran analyst based in Washington, D.C., told JNS that Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s resignation stunt, where he resigned only for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to reject the move, was meant to push back against being marginalized.
The king also met with U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to discuss defense and military cooperation with Jordan.
U.S. President Trump’s Mideast peace envoy lashes out on twitter at P.A. daily after official newspaper runs column comparing him to a “monogoloid • “The comments are disgusting and demonstrate a complete disregard for the dignity of every human life,” says Greenblatt.
