NCRI-US: Iranian Resistance Builds Case for Terror Listing of Revolutionary Guards

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US) held a press conference to share details of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) terrorist training bases in Iran.

Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the NCRI-US, explained that the intelligence had come from the NCRI's main constituent group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), which had previously exposed key information about Iran's nuclear weapon program. Click here to watch the press conference.

The unearthed information concerning the training facilities indicates a rise of recruitment of foreign nationals, an expansion that has been explicitly endorsed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Currently, the Quds Force, an operation division of the IRGC, is designated by the US Government under executive order 13224 as an entity engaged in terrorism, but the IRGC itself is not. The NCRI pointed out that there is no distinction between the IRGC and the Quds Force, either in organization and operations, the Iranian constitution or national budget.

Jafarzadeh showed maps and details, including commanders' names, of 14 terrorist training centers in Iran. The main headquarter, known as Imam Ali Garrison, is where terrorist training is provided to foreign nationals. He also included specifics on the types of training given to the mercenaries from around the world.

The conference emphasized the IRGC's deep involvement in each of the "three pillars" upon which the regime's power rests: the suppression of dissent inside Iran, the export of its Islamic revolution through terrorism and regional military operations, and the amplification of the Iranian military threat through the pursuit of WMDs.

IRGC's connection to the international terrorist network was also discussed. Trainees were "dispatched to various countries in the Persian Gulf area, Asia, Africa, and Latin America."

The NCRI said measures like designating the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) would decrease the likelihood of similar incidents in the West, and would strike a blow against the Iranian theocracy.

In his written statement, Jafarzadeh concluded: "If the day comes when the Tehran regime stops its export of terrorism and religious fascism; and if it reins in the Revolutionary Guards Corps, mandating it only to protect Iran from within Iran's borders; and if it lets go of its hostility towards the United States and drops its 'anti-imperialist' slogans, that day the mullahs' regime will collapse."

Contact: NCRI-US, 202-747-7847

SOURCE National Council of Resistance of Iran-U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US)