Iran will reject a request to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from Washington’s list of terrorists. middle east eye This was reported by the news site on Monday, citing an Iranian source.
The report said the request was due to the easing of sanctions against the central headquarters of Hatem al-Anbiya, the economic arm of the Revolutionary Guards.
Amid pressure from Israel, the United States said last month that it would not abandon its demand for Iran to withdraw from the Revolutionary Guards. list from foreigners Terrorist Organizations effectively undermined the talks in Vienna to revive the broken nuclear deal.
Earlier this week, State Department spokesman Ned Price said “Tehran needs to decide to stop non-JCPOA issues” but did not explain what those issues were.
File/Islamic Revolutionary Guards Commander Major General Hossein Salami spoke at a pro-government rally in Tehran’s central Enghelab Square on November 25, 2019. (via ATTA KENARE/AFP Getty Images)
“We believe that if Iran takes this political decision, we can take revenge on each other very quickly in accordance with the JCPOA,” he said.
Both Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Treasury Under-Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson made similar statements over the weekend that a return to the 2015 nuclear deal is still being considered.
“The Biden administration heartily and clearly wants a meaningful return to the full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” Blinken said in a statement. “In the absence of agreement, we will continue to use our sanctions authorities to restrict exports of oil, petroleum and petrochemical products from Iran,” he said.
Nelson said: “The United States is working with meaningful diplomacy to achieve mutual return in accordance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The United States will continue to expose the networks used by Iran to cover up its sanctions-evasion activities.”
Iranian General Hossein Salami said the United States wants its revenge “to be tough, firm, durable, determined and complete”. https://t.co/9xWXPX0JEW
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The White House announced on Thursday that it has allowed a network of Iranian petrochemical manufacturers and shell companies in China and the United Arab Emirates, saying the network is helping Tehran evade sanctions.
Western media reported that Iran was considering a US request to tell the public that it would not attack senior US officials, but that this would put Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in an uncomfortable position after he was sworn in several times. from Iranian authorities.
Source: Breitbart
