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US To Declare Iran Military ‘Terrorist Group’

The White House are about label the military in Iran as an official terrorist organization, according to a Trump senior aide.  Trump’s cabinet are keen to label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran a terrorist organization as part of their pledge to eradicate radical Islam, and have singled out Iran as “the clearest danger to US interests”. Sputniknews.com reports: The IRGC is labeled by the Times of Israel as Iran’s most powerful military and political institution. The IRGC has jurisdiction over the IRGC Quds Force, which the Israeli media outlet claims is involved in propping up Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) noted in a report titled “Iran: Politics, Human Rights, and U.S. Policy,” that Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, the Basiji organization within the IRGC, as well as the Law Enforcement Forces, also factor into Iran’s most “prominent” security organizations. US Press Secretary Sean Spicer last week gave the floor to White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn during a White House daily media conference. Flynn then announced that Washington is “officially” putting Tehran “on notice.” The US State Department’s tensions with Tehran, over alleged Iranian financial support of terror groups, dates to 1984, when the Middle Eastern nation was declared a state sponsor of terrorism by Washington’s diplomatic service, according to the US State Department website. [...]

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