Lapid: ‘Everyone in their right minds’ must oppose IRGC ban reversal in Iran Deal

The world cannot acquiesce to Iran’s demand that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps no longer be designated by the United States as a terrorist organization, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday.

“If the IRGC isn’t a terrorist organization, what are they – a folk-dancing troupe?” he quipped at a Yesh Atid faction meeting. The IRGC sponsors Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Houthis, he added.

“The world cannot agree to these audacious conditions,” Lapid said. “It cannot allow tens of billions of dollars to flow to Iran nor allow it to continue to spread terror around the world.”

Earlier on Monday, Lapid called on participants in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations mission to Israel to ensure that the IRGC’s terrorist designation, in place since 2019, is not removed.

“Everyone in their right mind should go to the Biden administration and say, ‘This is wrong. Don’t do this,’” he said. READ MORE