The Washington Free Beacon reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, the country\u2019s elite military force, is sending assets to infiltrate the United States and Europe at the direction of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to recent Farsi-language comments from an Iranian military leader.
\nThe IRGC \u201cwill be in the U.S. and Europe very soon,\u201d according to the Iranian military commander, who said that these forces would operate with the goal of bolstering Iran\u2019s hardline regime and thwarting potential plots against the \u201cIslamic Republic\u201d.
\n\u201cThe whole world should know that the IRGC will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon,\u201d Salar Abnoush, deputy coordinator of Iran\u2019s Khatam-al-Anbia Garrison, an IRGC command front, was quoted as saying in an Iranian state-controlled publication closely tied to the IRGC.
\nThe military leader\u2019s comments come as Iran is spending great amounts of money to upgrade its military hardware and bolster its presence throughout the Middle East and beyond. Iran intends to spend billions to purchase U.S.-made planes that are likely to be converted for use in its air force.
\nCongressional leaders and others suspect that Iran has used a large portion of the cash windfall it received as a result of last summer\u2019s nuclear agreement to upgrade its fighting capabilities war machine.
\n\u201cThe IRGC is [the] strong guardian of the \u201cIslamic Republic\u201d,\u201d Abnoush was quoted as saying. \u201cThe Fedayeen of Leadership [fighting force] are under the order of Iran\u2019s Supreme leader. Defending and protecting the Leadership [the Supreme Leader] has no border and limit.\u201d
\nAccording to WFB, Iranian military and government officials have continued to advocate violence against the U.S. and its allies, despite the nuclear deal and several secret side agreements that gave Iran $1.7 billion in cash.
\nIran accuses the U.S. of violating its end of the agreement by not helping the \u201cIslamic Republic\u201d gain further access to international banks and other markets.
\nIran\u2019s frustration over this has led to further accusations about a U.S. plot to foster unrest in the country.
\n\u201cOur enemies have several projects to destroy our \u201cIslamic revolution\u201d, and have waged three wars against us to execute their plans against our \u201cIslamic Republic\u201d,\u201d Abnoush said. \u201cThe IRGC has defeated enemies in several fronts. The enemy surrendered and accepted to negotiate with us.\u201d
\n\u201cAnd now all of our problems are being solved and our country is becoming stronger in all fronts. Some believe the holy defense ended,\u201d the military leader added. \u201cThey are wrong; the holy defense continues, and today, it is more complicated than before.\u201d
\nThe WFB added that Congressional sources and experts involved in tracking Iran\u2019s increased aggression in the region and elsewhere told the Washington Free Beacon that these most recent comments are troubling given Iran\u2019s very public efforts to assassinate political enemies and others across the globe.
\n\u201cIf we look at Iran\u2019s previous terror attacks and assassination campaign around the world, such a statement is alarming,\u201d Saeed Ghasseminejad, an Iran expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the Free Beacon. \u201cThe \u201cIslamic Republic\u201d has killed hundreds of Iranians and non-Iranians around the world in a coordinated campaign of terror. Iran may decide to restart the project now that many western companies are going to Iran and Iran feels its action in Europe may not be punished strongly.\u201d
\nAnother source who advises congressional leaders on Iran sanctions issues told the WFB that the Obama administration is blocking Congress from taking action to stop this type of infiltration by Iranian forces.
\n\u201cIran is ideologically, politically, and militarily committed to exporting the \u201cIslamic revolution\u201d through terrorism, which is why even the Obama administration says they\u2019re the world\u2019s foremost state sponsor of terrorism,\u201d the source said. \u201cCongress wants to act, but Obama officials keep saying that new laws are unnecessary because the U.S. has enough tools to block Iranian terror expansion. Instead of using those tools, though, they\u2019re sending Iran billions of dollars in cash while Iran plants terror cells in Europe and here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
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