An Iranian official revealed that Tehran rejected an American formula that requires keeping the Quds Force of the "Revolutionary Guard" within the sanctions imposed on foreign terrorist organizations, while the "Revolutionary Guard" is removed as an entity from the list, in an attempt to overcome a major obstacle in talks to revive the nuclear agreement of 2015. 2015, according to the Reuters news agency.
Iran stipulated removing the Revolutionary Guards from the list of terrorist organizations.
The Iranian request is still an obstacle among the remaining issues in the Vienna talks.
Several sources said that the United States (US) is considering removing the Revolutionary Guards from the list of foreign terrorist organizations in exchange for Iranian guarantees of de-escalation in the region.
US State Department spokeswoman Galina Porter said, "President (John Biden) shares the opinion with Chief of Staff General Mark Miley that the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force is a terrorist."
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