A possible nuclear deal between the world powers and the Iranian regime could
make the regime's Revolutionary Guards significantly richer, Reuters reported
on Monday.
"Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have done very well out of
international sanctions -- and if a nuclear deal is done in Vienna this week
under which those sanctions are lifted, they are likely to do better
still," the report said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), created by Khomeini during
Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, is more than just a military force; it is also
an industrial empire with political clout that has grown exponentially in the
last decade.
A Western diplomat who follows Iran closely told Reuters that the IRGC's
recent annual turnover from all of its business activities was estimated to be
around $10-12 billion.
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