Removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the terror blacklist has been an issue in the Iran nuclear talks for awhile. The Biden administration is now backing away from the idea, declining direct comment, but reportedly ruling out dropping the designation.
Those familiar say the matter is too politically sensitive for the administration to handle, and the potential political fallout is effectively putting the kibosh on the whole idea.
The political implications are clear, with Israel loudly objecting, and Republican lawmakers bashing the nuclear deal on rumors that such a clause might be part of the deal.
Politics seem to have driven the issue away entirely, but the practical implications seem to be lost on the administration. Obviously this would be a confidence-builder for Iran, and making this a sideline deal could’ve gotten Iran to commit to certain assurances which could themselves have been valuable political tools in selling the deal to opponents.
Iran may well have offered some valuable commitments, too, as the political impact of the IRGC listing is important for them as well. Trusting the US in a new nuclear deal is politically controversial in Iran, and getting the guard off the blacklist would allow Raisi to argue he’s getting a superior deal to the 2015 version.
Neither politics nor substance. Israelrael
A constant thorn under the saddle…And there is always a radical Zionist element in the mix… And as always our own radical Zionist faction chiming in. It is as old as time……..
Say what you really mean.
Zionists are Zionists. Neither radical nor moderates They play both sides. No, they play all sides. Be it USA China Russia
“with Israel loudly objecting”
Of course Israel controls foreign policy here. Or does anyone think that if Israel “loudly supported” the idea, Washington’s politicians still would say no? They know what they must do to get the donor money and positive media coverage.
Every accusation of terrorism against Iran is driven by politics. And that would be driven by the unconditioned loyalty our congress has to Apartheid Israel. The actual terrorism, sabotages, assassinations and weekly bombings, would be condemned as terroristic acts if done by anyone else other than Apartheid Israel.
There are non so blind as they who will not see.
Was I imagining the assassinations, sabotages or weekly bombings? Or practicing Apartheid?
https://mronline.org/2022/04/07/harvard-law-school-apartheid-report-leaves-israels-defenders-speechless/
But your stale platitudes keep coming.
I truly wish Iran would tell Israhell-controlled Amerikkka to go piss up a tree.