In trying to hurt Iran’s ideological armed force, Donald Trump could be helping it
before he became president, Donald Trump’s family probably did business with associates of Iran’s ideological armed force, the Revolutionary Guard Corps . An article published in thein 2017 says a tower bearing the Trump name in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, was built by a company with links to the Guards. But on April 8th his administration blacklisted the force. Officials hailed the move as the first time America had branded a national army a terrorist outfit.
Despite the bluster, the latest labelling changes little. Mr Trump had already listed the Guards as a terrorist group in 2017. At the time he also imposed more stringent measures—including secondary sanctions on anyone doing business with it—than those required under this week’s listing. The State Department says the new action would prevent any of its members from entering America. But Iranians already faced a visa ban.
The bigger impact will be political, since the measures will deepen Iran’s sense of isolation. That hurts Mr Rouhani more than the Guards. Iran’s oil revenues and currency had already plummeted after Mr Trump last year reimposed sanctions and pulled out of the nuclear deal that Mr Rouhani had negotiated with world powers.
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