The State Department Designates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9561630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Maloney (0000-0001-7302-6701, corresponding author), Edward Wong (0000-0003-1436-9581), Eric Schmitt (0000-0002-4098-1275), F Deputy |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 609-613 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ajil.2019.38 |
| OpenAlex | W2995309302 |
| Language | EN |
On April 8, 2019, President Trump announced that his administration would designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). This is the first time the United States has designated an arm of another government, rather than a non-state actor, as an FTO. In his announcement, Trump asserted that the Iranian government has used the IRGC to engage in a campaign of global terrorism. The measure, which officially took effect on April 15, expands on previous terrorism-related sanctions imposed on the IRGC and Iran
Administration (probate law · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Immigration · Islam · Nationality · Political science · Politics · Sanctions · State (computer science · Terrorism · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · History · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |