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Apr 16, 2019

Slavin Quoted in Voice of America on Escalation with Iran due to IRGC FTO Designation

By Barbara Slavin

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Apr 16, 2019

Will Canada also designate the IRGC as a foreign terrorist entity?

By Younes Zangiabadi

Following the Trump administration’s decision to label Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist entity, renewed pressure is likely from members of the Conservative party and other Iran hawks in Canada for the government of Justin Trudeau to follow suit.

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Apr 15, 2019

Slavin Quoted in Israel Hayom on US’s Designation of IRGC as a Terrorist Group

By Barbara Slavin

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Apr 15, 2019

The Trump administration’s terrorist label is strengthening the IRGC

By Kayhan Barzegar

The recent White House designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist group is the latest extension of the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” policy toward Iran. Yet this policy, aimed at containing Iran’s regional role and limiting its advanced missile program, has backfired, strengthening the status of the IRGC in Iranian domestic politics and further legitimizing its regional and missile activities in the view of many Iranians.

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Apr 14, 2019

Dagres Quoted in Al-Jazeera on Iranian Woman Pardoned for Removing her Headscarf

By Holly Dagres

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Apr 12, 2019

Slavin Quoted in The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies On the US Designation of IRGC as a Terrorist Group

By Barbara Slavin

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Apr 12, 2019

Daragahi Joins TRT World to Discuss the Designation of the IRGC as a FTO

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