Fundamentally different

Issued on: April 8, 2019
Today, I am formally announcing my Administration’s plan to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including its Qods Force, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This unprecedented step, led by the Department of State, recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances, and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft. The IRGC is the Iranian government’s primary means of directing and implementing its global terrorist campaign. This designation will be the first time that the United States has ever named a part of another government as a FTO. It underscores the fact that Iran’s actions are fundamentally different from those of other governments. This action will significantly expand the scope and scale of our maximum pressure on the Iranian regime. It makes crystal clear the risks of conducting business with, or providing support to, the IRGC. If you are doing business with the IRGC, you will be bankrolling terrorism. This action sends a clear message to Tehran that its support for terrorism has serious consequences. We will continue to increase financial pressure and raise the costs on the Iranian regime for its support of terrorist activity until it abandons its malign and outlaw behavior.

Secretary Pompeo ‏ Verified account @SecPompeo Following Following @SecPompeo More The use of terrorism is central to the Iranian regime’s foreign policy. The designation of IRGC, incl. Qods Force, will help starve the regime of the means to execute this destructive policy. Maximum pressure will be unrelenting until Iran’s regime abandons its deadly ambitions. 4:40 PM - 8 Apr 2019

L'anticipazione del Nytimes, estrapolata dalle dichiarazioni non ufficiali di Pompeo mentre era in viaggio nelle scorse settimane, alla fine si è rivelata corretta.
La rete economico-finanziaria dell'IRGC è molto difficile da identificare e smembrare.
Questa designazione potrebbe avere un impatto sull'unione europea.
Può avere effetti controproducenti per l'amministrazione americana sulla popolazione iraniana (in particolare i giovani per i quali IRGC è una istituzione sulla quale costruire un sistema di valori) e sugli alleati del regime. Potrebbe rafforzare l'asse sciita in regione.
C'è da vedere se seguirà quella del comandante Soleimani.
Un bagno di sangue è dietro l'angolo. C'è solo da puntare il dito sulle mappe.