‘Corrupt terror force’: Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard comes under fire from Trump
The Revolutionary Guard is an official branch of Iran’s armed forces, although it commands proxy forces in the region and wields vast political and economic influence
Once a ragtag force protecting Iran’s nascent Islamic regime, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is now the nation’s most powerful security institution – and it has come under fire from the Trump administration.
Trump announced targeted sanctions on the IRGC, a key instrument of Tehran’s military and foreign policy that the president described as “the Iranian Supreme Leader’s corrupt personal terror force and militia”.
In his policy speech Friday, Trump referred to Iran as a “dictatorship” with a “long campaign of bloodshed”.
“The regime remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism,” he said, adding that he would order the US Treasury Department to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a supporter of terrorism.
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