Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

THREAD

1)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is #Iran’s terrorist arm and main engine in supporting global terrorism.

The U.S. designated the IRGC as a terrorist org.

Europe, Canada, and the whole world should #BlacklistIRGC.

#IRGCterrorists

2)
"As long as #Iran has money, that means we here have money, too," said Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.

Iran's IRGC has been the main supporter of Hezbollah and Nasrallah.

#IRGCterrorists

3)
#Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
The regime's IRGC uses its proxy terrorists as leverage.

May 22, 2021
Al-Quds Brigades spokesperson thanked Iran for supplying money and military support.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

4)
February 16, 2020
#Iran-backed Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhaleh
Qassem Soleimani personally supervised the transfer of weapons, missiles, and technology into Gaza.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

5)
May 7, 2021
#Iran-backed Islamic Jihad official Ramez Al-Halabi:
The rockets we use to pound Tel Aviv, our weapons, our money, and our food are provided by Iran.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

6)
May 30, 2020
Pro-Iran Lebanese political analyst Anis Al-Naqqash:
#Iran armed [Hamas and Islamic Jihad] provided tech assistance to the Houthis in Yemen.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

7)
May 25, 2016
#Iran resumes funding for Islamic Jihad
"... $70 million out of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) budget reportedly followed a visit by an Islamic Jihad delegation in Tehran..."

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists
i24news.tv/en/news/middle…

8)
#Iran-backed Hamas chief
"We have our own funds... We don't need any reconstruction funding. I want to thank Iran which has not stopped assisting Hamas and other factions with money, arms, experience, and support."

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

9)
2018
“[#Iran's] investment in the Palestinian arena has also been growing out of a desire to influence it—with an increase in the (annual) funding in the Gaza Strip for Hamas and Islamic Jihad to $100 million.”

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists
reuters.com/article/us-ira…

10)
#Iran-backed senior Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh saluted the regime "which has not faltered in supporting & funding the resistance financially, militarily & technically. This is an example of the [regime's] strategy..."

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

11)
March 8, 2018
#Iran transfers $100 million per year to Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Hamas - $70 million
Islamic Jihad - $30 million.

The vast majority is used to further bolster their military wings.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists
ynetnews.com/articles/0,734…

12)
#Iran-backed Hamas co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahder said in an interview that in 2006 Qassem Soleimani gave them $22 million in cash.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

13)
2021
Islamic Jihad: #Iran Provides Our Missiles/Weapon
Our Gunmen 'Trained By The IRGC'; Without Iran's Assistance, We Wouldn't Be Able To Fire Rockets At Tel Aviv; Soleimani Personally Oversaw Transfer Of Rockets To Gaza
#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists
memri.org/reports/hamas-…

14)
Hassan Nasrallah—Dec 27, 2020
Most of the weapons, missiles, facilities that groups have in Gaza are supplied by #Iran's IRGC Quds Force.

Iran used diplomatic ties to establish a weapons factory for Gaza in Sudan.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

15)
The Islamic Jihad terror group’s rocket arsenal, thanks to #Iran’s regime.

wilsoncenter.org/microsite/3/no…

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

16)
Listen to the words of this Palestinian woman describe the #Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group as the source of their miseries.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1107304813044350976

17)
Jan 10, 2023
U.S. Navy seized over 2,100 assault rifles from a ship in the Gulf of Oman coming from #Iran and bound for Yemen’s IRGC-backed Houthi terrorists.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists
apnews.com/article/iran-p…

18)
May 6-7, 2021
U.S. Navy seized a shipment of weapons from [#Iran's IRGC] in international waters of North Arabian Sea and headed for the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

19)
Reminder:
Sen. Murphy says he would remove #Iran’s IRGC off the terror list, adding “it is inconsequential.”

Reminders:
The IRGC killed, wounded & displaced millions of civilians across the Middle East.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

20)
Reminder:
A Telegram channel of #Iran's IRGC praised Rep. Ilhan Omar's call to lift sanctions off of Iran's regime.

(More on Rep. Omar's ties with Iran's regime in the thread below.)

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1310580134450204673

ADDENDUM

Reminder:
Like many other #Iran apologists/lobbyists, Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post opposed the IRGC's terrorist designation.

#BlacklistIRGC
#IRGCterrorists