(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The designation of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization is a welcome recognition of reality. The IRGC is a branch of the Iranian military with some 125,000 personnel loyal to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The IRGC's Quds Force trains terrorists and exports weapons throughout the Middle East, spending $1 billion a year backing militias in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. The designation should deepen Iran's international isolation, another step in the maximum pressure campaign against the regime for its nuclear program. Anyone who provides material support to the group can now be prosecuted more easily and IRGC members are blocked from entering the U.S.
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