Underworld Turns

Trump Once Did a Deal With Oligarchs Allegedly Linked to the Revolutionary Guard

In the opening days of his war against Iran, Donald Trump had a message for members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Surrender and get “total immunity”—or face “absolutely guaranteed death.” An elite armed force that exists outside Iran’s normal military structure, the IRGC began as the ayatollah’s personal strike force. But during the country’s […]
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