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Focus on the IRGC ‘terror’ designation in Iran nuclear talks

Iran and the US are negotiating IRGC designations with help from the European coordinator of the nuclear talks.

Al Jazeera · Mar 27, 2022

Blinken: Nuclear deal the best way to cap Iran nuclear activity

Secretary of state says the US and Israel are ‘committed’ to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

Al Jazeera · Mar 27, 2022

EU envoy in Tehran amid hopes to restore nuclear agreement

A leading European Union diplomat was holding talks in Tehran amid hopes that an agreement to restore Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers could be completed

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022

Iran's Revolutionary Guards tout missile prowess at Doha exhibition

Commanders of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) drank tea, nibbled dates and displayed models of Iranian missiles at a defence show in Qatar, a Gulf Arab state that is home to the largest U.S. military base in the region.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2022

Israel Approves Defensive Plan, Weighs Military Option Against Iran

Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz approved a “regional defensive” plan to boost missile and air defenses, in light of the escalating threats from Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party. The cabinet allocated a significant budget to develop and produce the “Iron Beam” high-power laser system designed to intercept rockets,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 22, 2022

Bennett: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Is World’s Largest Terrorist Organization

As the Biden administration is considering removing Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps from a terror blacklist, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that his country will continue to fight this group as a terrorist organization. “If the US decides to delist the IRGC, Israel will continue to treat it…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 21, 2022

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

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".

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022

Israel urges Biden admin not to remove IRGC from terror blacklist

Bennett and Lapid's statement was unusually strong in its criticism of the Biden administration.

Axios · Mar 18, 2022

Source: US Weighs Dropping Iran's IRGC from Terrorism List

The United States is considering removing Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in return for Iranian assurances about reining in the elite force, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The source said Washington had not decided what might be an acceptable commitment from Tehran…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 17, 2022

U.S. weighs dropping Iran's IRGC from terrorism list -source

The United States is considering removing Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in return for Iranian assurances about reining in the elite force, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Mar 16, 2022