JUST IN: Pres. Trump moves to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a wing of the Iranian military, as a foreign terrorist group.
's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a wing of the Iranian military, as a foreign terrorist organization.
The designation is significant, and controversial, as it's the first time that the U.S. has officially identified a branch of a foreign state as a terrorist organization. "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," Trump's statement continued.
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