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Iran Drops Demand to Remove IRGC from US Terror List

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami. (EPA)

Iran has officially dropped a key red line demand that had been a major sticking point in efforts to revive the nuclear deal, a senior US administration official told CNN.

In its response to a draft nuclear deal agreement proposed by the European Union -- which the EU has described as a “final” draft -- Iran did not demand that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) be removed from the State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, the official said.

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