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Israel urges U.S. not to drop terror designation for Iran's IRGC

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, March 14, 2022. Jack Guez/Pool via REUTERS

Israel on Friday urged the United States not to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in exchange for "empty promises".

The United States was considering such a move, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in return for Iranian assurances about reining in the elite force and comes amid efforts to revive a 2015 deal under which Iran limited its nuclear program in return for relief from sanctions.

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