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14 Jul 2014, 8:22 am by Jane Chong
The Times describes the talks as three-part, with the G6 struggling to strike a deal with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister; Zarif attempting to come to terms with Ayatollah Khamenei and the generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps; and President Obama struggling with members of Congress who are pushing for tougher sanctions and more pressure. [read post]
20 Jan 2023, 4:28 am by Emma Snell
  OTHER GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS  The European Parliament yesterday urged member states to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. [read post]
That said, I have doubts that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would risk a military confrontation with the United States without Iranian policy being coordinated at the top levels of government. [read post]
5 Jun 2019, 6:00 am by Hilary Hurd, Nathaniel Sobel
Four Types of Pressure The Trump administration has mainly used four types of pressure to put its maximum pressure campaign into action: economic sanctions; designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO); diplomatic efforts; and, more recently, the deployment of military assets. [read post]
21 Dec 2017, 4:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
” He also called out Iran as a particular concern and praised his administration for issuing sanctions against the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps and not recertifying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in a congressional review in October. [read post]
21 Dec 2017, 4:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
” He also called out Iran as a particular concern and praised his administration for issuing sanctions against the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps and not recertifying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in a congressional review in October. [read post]
15 May 2023, 2:38 am by Seán Binder
 Over the past two years, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has attacked or disrupted 15 tankers as tensions between Iran and the United States grow over Iran’s nuclear program. [read post]
23 Jun 2021, 8:12 am by Brian Zupruk
Department of Justice has estimated that in the spring of 2019 alone, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian military, coordinated the “clandestine transfer” of approximately 10 million barrels of crude oil and millions more in condensate and gasoline, including to Maduro’s beleaguered regime in Caracas, netting Iran hundreds of millions of desperately needed dollars. [read post]
26 May 2022, 4:16 am by Emma Snell
The Biden administration accused the Russian government of helping Iran’s blacklisted military unit — the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — sell hundreds of millions of dollars of oil around the globe, while the sanctions were targeted at those companies and individuals allegedly involved in the smuggling. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 8:22 am by Jane Chong
” Over at Foreign Policy, Akbar Ganji explains why the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is too divided to necessarily play its expected role in undermining U.S. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 6:05 am by Blake Van Santen
Airstrikes in Syria On Nov. 8 and 12, 2023, the United States carried out airstrikes on facilities in Syria allegedly used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 3:02 am by Seán Binder
  The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Russia’s Federal Security Service and the intelligence organization for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for what it said was a pattern of wrongfully detaining Americans to use them for political leverage. [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 7:39 am by Crispin Smith
A collection of mostly Shi’ite militia groups, the muqawama was supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF) from its inception. [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 7:43 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Department of the Treasury today announced the designation of the Iranian cargo airline, Yas Air; Behineh Trading; three Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) officials; and one Nigerian shipping agent – all pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 for acting for or on behalf of, or providing support to, the IRGC-QF, a designated terrorist entity. [read post]
18 Dec 2017, 10:08 am by Matthew Kahn
To counter Iran and block its path to a nuclear weapon, I sanctioned the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for its support of terrorism, and I declined to certify the Iran Deal to Congress. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 5:00 am by Eric Halliday
Soleimani’s Quds Force, a unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that specializes in unconventional warfare, would be a likely source for such retaliation—but Iran doesn’t rely on the Quds Force alone. [read post]
1 Jun 2023, 5:16 am by Rachel Ziemba
European firms, for example, were wary of returning to Iran due not only to the risk of sanctions re-imposition but also to related-party bank lending, terrorism exposures, corruption issues, and dominance of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 12:15 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
While the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has conducted cyber attacks against the United States in the past, officials confirmed that “there has been a surge in such attacks coinciding with the arrest last month of Siamak Namazi, an energy industry executive and business consultant who has pushed for stronger U.S. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 11:51 am by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
Al-Monitor indicates that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has, on top of supplying a “staggering quantity of weapons smuggled into Gaza,” the Iranian military is also providing “counseling, briefings and training for members of Hamas’ military wing, thus setting the movement’s tone and modus operandi for a very long time. [read post]