Foreign Policy Mag Calls to Concede to Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : "But sensing its advantage, Iran has been engaging in last-minute haggling."
50% : Though the IRGC has been "empowered by the Ayatollahs to be used against moderate political and market forces in Iran to maintain their hegemony," Vohra maintains their removal from the FTO list is merely a question of prestige and honor.
47% : Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism worldwide, claims its nuclear program is for energy purposes, but world leaders, including the six nations that joined the 2015 deal to limit Iran's nuclear weapons capacity, say enriching uranium may lead to Iran's ability to quickly create a nuclear weapon.
44% : Though delisting the organization "isn't an attractive choice for any American president," Vohra states, "dealing with Iran has never been about pleasant choices," while suggesting the benefits of a restored nuclear deal "outweigh the costs of delisting the IRGC."
43% : Nevertheless, current nuclear talks in Vienna may see the United States and other world powers provide Iran with economic sanctions relief in exchange for temporary restrictions on its nuclear program.
37% : In less than a month, Iran could possess uranium capable of making a nuclear bomb," she wrote.
36% : Despite reports claiming Iran has "assured it would make a commitment to de-escalate in the region in return for the IRGC's removal as a terrorist entity," the author admits "there is no certainty it would follow up on that promise."
36% : "It has earned its terrorism designations, it has plotted assassinations on U.S. soil, Iran is not just a nuclear file, & FTO list is not merely symbolic," he added.
36% : In addition to being granted hundreds of billions of dollars it will likely use for terror and aggression, the deal also will not prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons.
35% : The United States should capitulate to the Iranian demand to remove the hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its foreign terrorist organization list, according to a Foreign Policy magazine essay that admits doing so would alienate Middle East allies and that Iran can not be trusted to follow up on its promises.
23% :Iran has been accused of violating the agreement as Tehran produces more enriched uranium.

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