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US 'foreign terrorist' designation is more punishment than threat detector

  • Written by Eric Fleury, Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross

The Trump administration in April designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, a branch of Iran’s military and intelligence services, as a terrorist group. Any groups designated this way are cut off from potential U.S. funding, communications with Americans, travel to the U.S. and other American “material support.”

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