[custom_adv] President Trump said on Monday that he was designating a powerful arm of the military as a foreign terrorist organization, the first time that the United States has named part of another nation’s government as that type of official threat. [custom_adv] The designation imposes wide-ranging economic and travel sanctions on the Revolutionary Guards Corps as well as organizations, companies and individuals with ties to it. [custom_adv] Revolutionary Guards carry out operations across the Middle East, train Arab Shiite militias and oversee businesses. [custom_adv] Monday’s designation “will significantly expand the scope and scale of our maximum pressure on the Iranian regime,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. [custom_adv] The designation was opposed by some top Trump administration national security officials who said it could incite retaliation by against American troops and intelligence officers. [custom_adv] It takes effect April 15, but was announced Monday in what American officials described as a chaotic and rushed process.that the IRGC actively participates in, finances, and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft. [custom_adv] The IRGC is the government’s primary means of directing and implementing its global terrorist campaign. [custom_adv] This designation will be the first time that the United States has ever named a part of another government as a FTO. It underscores the fact that actions are fundamentally different from those of other governments. [custom_adv] This action will significantly expand the scope and scale of our maximum pressure on the regime. It makes crystal clear the risks of conducting business with, or providing support to, the IRGC. If you are doing business with the IRGC, you will be bankrolling terrorism. [custom_adv] This action sends a clear message to that its support for terrorism has serious consequences. [custom_adv] We will continue to increase financial pressure and raise the costs on the Iranian regime for its support of terrorist activity until it abandons its malign and outlaw behavior. [custom_adv] We will continue to increase financial pressure and raise the costs on the Iranian regime for its support of terrorist activity until it abandons its malign and outlaw behavior.