Israeli leaders dismayed US may lift Iran's IRGC terrorist designation

Israeli leaders condemned reports that the United States is considering removing the terrorist designation from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in exchange for a public commitment to deescalating tensions.

The IRGC “is a terrorist organization that has murdered thousands of people, including Americans,” a joint statement from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid read. “We refuse to believe that the United States would remove its designation as a terrorist organization.”