Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pasdaran

摘要

The US Government at the end of October 2007 unilaterally imposed a new package of economic and political sanctions against Iran, and by November 3, 2007, had agreement among the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to consider a third full set of sanctions against Iran if it failed to satisfactorily answer UN questions about its nuclear program.rnThe US sanctions already include a move to isolate one of Iran's most significant strategic tools: the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC: Pasdaran). The US Government has charged the Pasdaran with proliferating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the IRGC's al-Quds special forces units with supporting terrorism. On August 15, 2007, the US Government had named the Pasdaran a "terrorist organization". This series of measures was designed to warn Iran that its actions would lead to serious consequences.