“Cold blooded murders”, a friend of mine cried out recently as she recalled gruesome memories from Iran while reflecting on the newly levied sanctions against Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Encouraged and emboldened, her voice was filled with anger, determination, and a newfound hope that echoed the braveness of protesters and dissident university students in Iran of today. Her hope is a reminder that terror designation on the IRGC pursuant to Executive Order13224 and related Presidential executive decisions carry a subtle but dual message, affecting not only Iranian regime’s activities abroad, but also its enemies within.
Our knowledge of IRGC’s past and present terrorist behavior within Iran has been abstract at best, hindering the development of a practical international response. The real example alluded to here would perhaps serve as a reminder of its brutality and inform the way forward.
Recalling a memory from a sleepy Caspian Sea town north of Tehran, she describes memories from a horrifying mid-summer. As it is a Muslim custom in preparation for burial, her neighbor was washing their recently executed daughter’s body. Fresh red blood streamed out of the house and onto the neighborhood pavement, she recalls. “I stood there wondering: Why so much blood.”
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