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Iran’s Quds Force should stay on US ‘terrorist’ list: Top general

'I believe the IRGC Quds Force to be a terrorist organisation,' said General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States military [Sarah Silbiger/Reuters]

The United States’ top general has said he does not support removing Iran’s elite Quds Force from Washington’s list of “foreign terrorist organizations”, an apparent key demand from Tehran to revive the multilateral nuclear deal.

Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Mark Milley said it was his “personal opinion” that the Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), should not be delisted.

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