Washington Free Beacon By Adam Kredo
Republican opponents of a new Iran deal are increasingly convinced the agreement is vulnerable and are focusing on a concession that could see sanctions on Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reversed, according to sources familiar with the Republicans’ thinking.
The removal of IRGC sanctions has reportedly stalled talks in Vienna and is threatening to derail the accord at home. In the aftermath of a classified Senate briefing on the deal held last week that left members of both parties fuming, Republican staffers on Capitol Hill are circulating declassified U.S. military information detailing how IRGC-backed militias are responsible for killing more than 600 Americans in Iraq, according to a copy of that document obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
With the Biden administration facing increasing pressure to waive IRGC sanctions so that a deal can be finalized, the extent of Iranâs bloodshed in Iraq is taking on renewed significance, congressional sources and former U.S. officials who reviewed the declassified intelligence told the Free Beacon…
