Washington 0
19 March 2018

The White House and State Department issued statements on the occasion of Nowruz, the Iranian new year. The White House statement focussed on denouncing the IRGC, stating that "twenty-five centuries ago, Darius the Great asked God to protect Iran from three dangers: hostile armies, drought, and falsehood. Today, the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps represents all three".

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