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President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday urged \u200bU.S. diplomats abroad to push allies to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanon-based \u200cHezbollah as terrorist groups, citing elevated risk of attack, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The directive, dated March 16 and signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was sent to all U.S. diplomatic \u200band consular posts worldwide. It asks U.S. diplomats to deliver the message to their counterparts “at \u200bthe highest appropriate level” and no later than March 20, adding that the advocacy \u2060efforts to get these groups blacklisted should be coordinated with Israeli counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration is attempting \u200bto rally reluctant allies – many of whom were not briefed ahead of the U.S.-Israeli air war that started \u200btwo weeks ago – to support its military operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one sign of trouble for that effort, several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to help the U.S. unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing \u200bTrump’s plea to keep the vital oil shipping waterway open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“With the elevated risk of attack from Iran \u200band its partners and proxies, all governments must move expeditiously to diminish the capabilities of Iran and Iran-aligned terrorist \u200cgroups \u2060from attacking our respective nations and citizens,” one of the talking points in the cable said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IRGC is an elite military force whose purpose is to protect Shi’ite Muslim clerical rule in Iran. It controls large parts of Iran’s economy. Both the IRGC and the Lebanon-based Shi’ite Muslim armed group Hezbollah are \u200balready designated as terrorist \u200bgroups by the United \u2060States and some other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cable does not provide details on the elevated risk but cites examples of how Tehran has attacked its neighbors in \u200bthe Middle East and urges joint action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We assess that the Iranian regime is \u200bmore sensitive \u2060to collective action than unilateral action, and that joint pressure is more likely to compel behavior change by the regime than unilateral actions alone,” the cable said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It adds that such designations would increase pressure on the \u2060Islamic \u200bRepublic and limit its ability “to sponsor terror activities” around the \u200bworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“President Trump is focused on securing peace in the Middle East,” a State Department spokesperson said. “The IRGC, Hezbollah, and other Iranian backed \u200bproxies destabilize governments and undermine regional peace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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