Benny Gantz this week met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Sunday that the United States remains hopeful of a nuclear deal with Iran, but remains firm against Iran’s request to delist the Corps of Terrorist Organizations. Islamic Revolutionary Guards.
Talks between Iran and world powers aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal have stalled for nearly two months due to Iran’s demand to remove the military wing from the US terror list.
Benny Gantz met this week with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss, among other things, the Iranian threat.
“I think they would always be happy to see an agreement come about, but they are quite decisive, especially on this issue of the Revolutionary Guards and the al-Quds forces. I think they are right to be. in this position,” B. Gantz told the Americans’ decision.
The Revolutionary Guards were designated a foreign terrorist organization by the administration of then US President Donald Trump after it withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal.
On Sunday, a senior member of the Revolutionary Guards, who notably planned the kidnapping and assassination of Israelis, was killed in a shooting in Tehran. A manhunt is underway to find the shooters involved.
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