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ANALYSIS – Under pressure to get a new nuclear deal with Iran, any nuclear deal with Iran, President Biden is even considering removing Iran’s infamous Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the terror blacklist President Trump put them on in 2019.

When Trump took the long overdue action of placing the IRGC on the list as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) it was the first time a state entity was added to the list.

And it was big deal, since as Axios notes:

The IRGC is not only Iran’s most feared military branch, it’s also a powerful political and economic player. The terror designation means that even if Biden lifts nuclear sanctions to return to compliance with the deal, criminal penalties could still be imposed on anyone doing business with individuals or businesses connected to the IRGC.

But now Biden is willing to undermine all that in pursuit of reviving the failed 2015 Obama-Biden nuclear deal with Iran which Trump walked away from, since it was not a Senate-ratified treaty.

Biden’s only concession from Iran? A promise to ‘de-escalate’ its attacks in the region. However, without specifics, any promise from Tehran would be essentially worthless, especially if Iranian-supported terrorist militias are not directly included in the deal.

U.S. critics and the Israeli government are extremely concerned about this proposal to de-list the IRGC, more so since Team Biden isn’t demanding any specific commitments from Iran not to target the U.S. and its allies in the region (Israel in particular, but Arab allies as well).

Axios adds:

The IRGC designation is not directly related to the nuclear deal, and any decision would take the form of a separate bilateral understanding between the U.S. and Iran, according to the U.S. and Israeli sources.

Then there is the Russian involvement with Iran as negotiators. The fact that they are still involved in negotiating with Biden, as Russian forces lay waste to Ukraine is more than absurd, it is insulting.

Meanwhile, Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov praised Iranian negotiators earlier this month, saying that Iran “got much more than it could expect.”

Isn’t that sweet?

This came after Richard Nephew, known as the architect of sanctions on Tehran, had stepped down as Biden’s Deputy Special Envoy for Iran.  He had urged a tougher stance on nuclear talks. According to the Wall Street Journal, two other negotiators had stepped left the negotiating team because they wanted a harder negotiating position.

What’s the bottom line? HotAir explains:

Just to be clear, this proposal has a lot to do with sanctions. Anyone who does any sort of business with the IRGC is subject to sanctions because of the group’s terrorist designation. So, if the IRGC is removed from the watchlist, we will find ourselves in a situation where Russia, a nation currently being hit with some of the biggest international sanctions ever seen, will have negotiated its way into removing sanctions from one of the worst terrorist groups in the world while securing for itself some sanction relief in its dealings with Iran.

Thankfully, removing the IRGC FTO designation doesn’t come without political risks for Biden, as it will create a massive backlash from Republicans and likely several Democrats in the Senate too. This is the last thing Biden should want right now.  It’s time to make some noise.

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Comments

  1. Now that President Talibiden is going to give more money to Iran and the terrorist Revolutionary Guard and permit the construction of a nuclear bomb or many nukes delivered on a N.Korean ballistic missile to the USA. The Squad and John Kerry will be so happy for the GREEN NEW DEAL. Only problem– the USA will be turned into a wasteland covered in GREEN GLASS. Joe will be helping the Kohmeni get his wish of DEATH TO AMERICA.

  2. LISTEN. UP….ALOT of TERRORISTS Come from IRAN. GIVE THEM the SAME BREAK the 911 VICTIMS GOT. The ONLY THING the FOREIGN TERRORISTS Deserve is a ONE WAY TICKET to HELL. From SamuraiQueen. 😤😤😤😡😡😡

  3. Surprised?……do you even have to ask…..Biden has screwed everything up the minute he got into office….what surprises me is that nobody seems to be able to stop him….or the Democrat party in general…..I just don’t see anything good coming of this….and it’s just the beginning….it’s such a long way off til election day….and I’m even worried about that….will they pull their shenanigans again…..I’m very concerned about the status of our country….

  4. such unmitigated corruption … Matt 12: 30He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

  5. Who is going to STOP the Biden Administion from completely destroying democracy globally. This man is a traitor a corrupt inhumane lying traitor. I mean he and the collective that is occupying Washington DC and the “emergenct empowered “ StTes are clear and present dangers to Western Civilization. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that Biden is truly acting in collusion with our enemies. Iran deal subverts Russia ban. We demand an explanation for why the media is not telling us the truth. Intimidation , threats, and bribery are the tools of Communist infiltration.
    These tactics are widespread and in all our institutions.rigged elections are now matter of fact. Soon American s will be called Nazi because they are conservative and Nazis (Democrats) will claim reason to begin removing all free peopkw

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