'Sanctions actually help the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' economic activities, preventing foreign corporations from competing with it.' Opinion | ialmarashi
The new round of sanctions will not affect the roles the IRGC performs in Iran. While the sanctions might be a mere symbolic gesture by Trump, paradoxically, this symbolism might strengthen the IRGC’s position at home and exacerbate regional tensions.When sanctions were imposed on Iran’s nuclear program in the past, these actions only gave the program broader domestic support, even among Iranians who might have been critical or ambivalent about their government.
Second, the sanctions will complicate Iranian-American tensions in Iraq. At one point, the IRGC and the US were combatting the same enemy – Daesh. As a result of this effort, residual American and Iranian forces remain in Iraq. When the US invaded Iraq after 2003, a low-intensity war emerged with Iran using proxy-militias against the American military.
These officers will also remember the role they played in defeating Daesh after 2014, the men they lost in this campaign, in addition to theagainst their bases in early February 2019. From the IRGC’s perspective, these terrorist attacks were the result of covert actions, which they blame on the US and Israel.
Those who advocated that the IRGC be listed a terrorist group argue it will rein in its influence in the region. In reality, it only incentivises the IRGC to demonstrate that they will not be cowed by the Trump administration.
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