Opinion: Here’s why listing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization is a bad idea, JRezaian writes
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps during a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, in Tehran on Feb. 11. By Jason Rezaian Jason Rezaian Global Opinions writer Email Bio Follow Global Opinions writer April 8 at 1:52 PM Within the myopic world of domestic U.S. politics, President Trump’s decision to place Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the list of foreign terrorist organizations won’t be very controversial.
I have no problem with imposing sanctions on individuals and units within the IRGC who are responsible for activity that runs afoul of international law, whether those crimes are against American service men and women, human rights offenses against Iranians, or financial crimes. By all means, sanction and prosecute the offending officials and their families. We know who many of them are.
Military service in Iran is mandatory for all Iranian males. Which branch a young conscript is assigned to in order to fulfill his nearly two-year obligation is not a matter of choice. The country’s best and brightest end up in the IRGC, whether they like it or not. I worry that this is another instance in which the U.S. government is guilty of criminalizing people simply for being Iranian.
Options for de-escalation at moments of tension — as in the case of the Americans detained in Iranian waters in early 2016 — will also become harder.
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