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NEW: The U.S. is poised to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

@TedCruz & others have pushed for this for years.

This comes just days after the government revealed Iran was responsible for 603+ American deaths in Iraq.
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The IRGC is a powerful branch of Iran’s Armed Forces and — along with Quds Force — supports terrorism, guides Iran's proxies, carries out cyberattacks & assassinations, funds missile development, & wields huge influence in the country + around the region.
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In addition to the terrorism designation, a GOP aide told me @TedCruz is “known to be planning an even broader set of sanctions against the IRGC... that will build on his last effort, in which redundant sanctions for their activities would be layered on.”
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DOD to me: “During Operation Iraqi Freedom, DOD assessed that at least 603 US personnel deaths in Iraq were the result of Iran-backed militants. Casualties were the result of EFPs, IEDs, IRAMs, rockets, mortars, RPGs, small-arms, sniper, & other attacks.”
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.@SenTomCotton to me: “Anyone who served in Iraq knows Iran has the blood of hundreds of US soldiers on its hands. I commend Pompeo for releasing this info... The ayatollahs’ outlaw regime must continue to face consequences for the murder of US troops.”
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.@SenTedCruz spokesperson to me: “It’s important for the Trump admin to continue making public all the ways our foreign policy was subordinated to the Iran deal...The admin must also immediately cut off the resources the ayatollahs are using to attack us.”
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