Reuters Report Indicates Iran's IRGC Could Benefit Most from Potential US Sanctions Relief

A Reuters report suggests that initial plans for a US-Iran agreement to end the war include incentives allowing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to benefit significantly from lifted sanctions and economic reopening.

The force maintains a vast commercial empire spanning oil, construction, shipping, telecommunications, and ports. These operations were built through sanctions-evasion networks.

The war began on 28 February with attacks that killed Ali Khamenei. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps then helped appoint Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader.

An interim agreement announced this week exempts sanctioned Iranian oil sales. A potential comprehensive deal could unlock a reconstruction fund worth 300 billion dollars.

Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps engineering arm, oversees hundreds of companies in infrastructure, energy, telecommunications, automotive, tourism, and logistics.

Four senior Iranian sources stated that the force is uniquely positioned to gain from resumed oil exports and foreign investment. Its terrorist designation may nevertheless complicate the deal.