WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is granting major exemptions to new sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlines the exemptions in notices published in the Federal Register. A ban on travel to the U.S. stemming from the designation of the Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization will not apply to officials of foreign governments or businesses that have dealings with the elite military unit or its subsidiaries.
The U.S. designated the force as a terrorist organization earlier this month.
U.S. law authorizes authorities to bar entry to the U.S. by anyone found to have provided “material support” to a terrorist organization.
Pompeo says the waivers are in the interests of U.S. national security, but they are likely to frustrate members of Congress who favour tough measures on Iran.
Matthew Lee, The Associated Press
