Recently, the United States announced its bold decision to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a proscribed terror group. The State Department’s designating the IRGC as a foreign terrorist group and adding a layer of sanctions to the elite military unit, complements the Treasury Department’s previously listing the IRGC as a banned terror group. The Guard’s formal designation as a foreign terrorist organization was the first-ever for an entire division of another government. The Guard’s formal designation as a foreign terrorist organization was the first-ever for an entire division of another governmentThe Guard is comprised of an estimated 125,000 personnel with army, air and naval units. Tehran also retaliated by naming the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) as a terrorist organization and the U.S. government as a sponsor of terrorism.

Source: National Post April 24, 2019 14:15 UTC