Trump Designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Terror Group

In an unprecedented move, President Trump on Monday officially designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization."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 president said in a statement. “This action sends a clear message to Tehran that its suppor