{"id":230794,"date":"2020-12-09T14:23:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=230794"},"modified":"2024-06-06T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T08:03:09","slug":"u-s-designates-an-irgc-official-and-university-in-yemen-for-spread-of-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/u-s-designates-an-irgc-official-and-university-in-yemen-for-spread-of-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: U.S. Designates an IRGC Official and Iran\u2019s\u00a0Al-Mustafa International University for Spread of Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-230797\" title=\"Treasurty-houthis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis.jpg\" alt=\"Treasurty-houthis\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Treasurty-houthis-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United States Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(OFAC)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm1205\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tuesday<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">designated Hasan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Irlu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the Iranian regime\u2019s envoy to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Houthi terrorists in Yemen and a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">official of Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quds Force<\/a>. In\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">addition,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0OFAC<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0designated Iran\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Mustafa International University, which acts as a front organization for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">facilitating Revolutionary Guards-Quds Force recruitment efforts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Treasury\u2019s statement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Mustafa International University, which has branches around the world, is used as a recruitment platform by the IRGC-QF for intelligence collection and operations, including recruitment for the IRGC-QF-led foreign militias fighting on behalf of Bashar Al-Assad\u2019s regime in Syria.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"IRGC Quds force, Iran regime clandestine military empire\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_lHQHzmCXIus\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlHQHzmCXIus%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lHQHzmCXIus\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-04-29T07:31:18Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_lHQHzmCXIus\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlHQHzmCXIus%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">IRGC Quds force, Iran regime clandestine military empire<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lHQHzmCXIus\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FlHQHzmCXIus%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"IRGC Quds force, Iran regime clandestine military empire\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran- April 28: Two international experts explained the threats and terrorist activities posed by Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds force across the Middle East. Seth G. Jones chair, director, and senior advisor to the Transnational Threats Project, explained how the IRGC Quds Force is acting as the Iranian regime extraterritorial arm.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the U.S. Treasury Department<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran-based Al-Mustafa International University, which claims branches in over 50 countries, enables IRGC-QF intelligence operations by allowing its student body, which includes large numbers of foreign and American students, to serve as an international recruitment network.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&#8220;Recruits from Al-Mustafa International University have been sent to Syria to fight on behalf of IRGC-QF-led militias. The IRGC-QF established the Fatemiyoun Division, an Iranian-led Shia militia composed of primarily ethnic Afghan residents in Iran, as well as the Zaynabiyoun Brigade, a militia group composed of Pakistani Shia, as expeditionary forces to fight in Syria. The IRGC-QF has used Al-Mustafa as cover for its recruitment of Afghans. The IRGC-QF has used Al-Mustafa\u2019s campus in Qom, Iran as a recruitment ground for Pakistani students to join the Zaynabiyoun Brigades. Multiple students from the university have been killed fighting in Syria. The Fatemiyoun Division and Zaynabiyoun Brigade are both designated under counterterrorism and human rights authorities.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The IRGC-QF uses Al-Mustafa University to develop student exchanges with foreign universities for the purposes of indoctrinating and recruiting foreign sources. Al-Mustafa has facilitated unwitting tourists from Western countries to come to Iran, from whom IRGC-QF members sought to collect intelligence. Recruits from Al-Mustafa International University have been sent to Syria to fight on behalf of IRGC-QF-led militias<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d read the statement.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Irlu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the regime\u2019s envoy to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Houthi rebels, had previously\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">supported IRGC-QF efforts to provide advanced weapons and training to the Houthis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d for years, according to the U.S. Treasury.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He coordinated with other senior IRGC-QF leaders to support the group\u2019s operations throughout the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Irlu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0maintained a relationship with former IRGC-QF Commander\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qasem<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Soleimani. He has also provided training to Hizballah members in Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d the statement further highlighted.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe appointment of an IRGC-QF official as an envoy to the Houthi rebels in Yemen demonstrates the Iranian regime\u2019s indifference to resolving the conflict, which has led to the widespread suffering of millions of Yemenis,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">U.S. Treasury\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. \u201cAdditionally, the IRGC-QF\u2019s recruitment of foreign students for intelligence operations illustrates the degree to which the group has infiltrated Iranian society\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in order to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0achieve its destructive goals. These efforts, and the pervasive role the IRGC-QF plays in Iranian foreign policy, contribute to the erosion of trust in Iran\u2019s public and private institutions.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This designation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0comes in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wake of the recent trial of Iran\u2019s diplomat-terrorist,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/the-significance-of-prosecuting-irans-diplomat-terrorist-assadollah-assadi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assadollah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Assadi<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Antwerp, Belgium, for attempting to bomb the opposition<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s annual Free Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0rally in 2018 in Paris. Assadi used his diplomatic privileges to transfer explosives from Iran to Europe and hand<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0them<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0over personally to his operatives.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime has been using its diplomatic mission<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and its so-called cultural and religious organizations to export terrorism across the globe. Now, it is time for the world community to shut down all of Iran\u2019s embassies and centers and expel the regime\u2019s agents.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Department of the Treasury&rsquo;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)&nbsp;on&nbsp;Tuesday,&nbsp;designated Hasan&nbsp;Irlu, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s envoy to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Houthi terrorists in Yemen and an&nbsp;official of Iran&rsquo;s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)&nbsp;Quds Force. 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