Biden rightly rules out removing IRGC from terrorist list

Published May 25, 2022 12:00am ET



President Joe Biden has chosen not to waive the designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist. It’s the right decision. The possibility of such a waiver should never have even been up for debate in the first place.

Still, this is good news. In April, Biden confirmed to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that the United States would retain the IRGC’s designation. Bennett echoed this on Twitter.

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