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McMaster speaks at the Munich Security Conference about combating the expanding military influence of Iran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MUNICH \u2014 National Security Advisor H.R.McMaster made an appeal to NATO members and allies at the Munich Security Conference to look hard at who they\u2019re doing business with overseas and cut off funding that indirectly funds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/2017\/11\/06\/hezbollah-claims-lebanon-prime-minister-forced-to-resign-by-saudi-arabia\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Hezbollah <\/a>and other proxy militias that weaken Middle East nations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/2018\/01\/05\/iranian-protest-military-adventurism-at-the-core-of-citizens-outcry\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">bolster Iranian influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iranian regime continues to get support from commercial entities, affiliated with the Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps \u2013 \u201cincluding Mahan Air, a company that lands right here in Munich airport,\u201d said McMaster, referring to a report released at the end of 2017 by the National Council of Resistance of Iran that stated the Iran\u2019s largest commercial airline in fact works as a tool for Iran\u2019s expansionist policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2017, President Donald Trump called for tougher sanctions against the IRGC, and the Treasury Department announced it was designating the IRGC as a terrorist entity under a White House Executive Order, for support of a number of terrorist groups, including Hizballah and Hamas, as well as to the Taliban. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the time said the IRGC has played \u201ca central role to Iran becoming the world\u2019s foremost state sponsor of terror,\u201d urging the private sector to recognize that the IRGC permeates much of the Iranian economy.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat Iran is actually doing is applying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/2018\/01\/31\/iran-threat-not-enough-to-bring-israel-gulf-states-together-experts-say\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Hezbollah model to the greater Middle East,<\/a>\u201d McMaster said. \u201cThey want the Arab world perpetually weak, and [they want] weak governments in power that are dependent on Iran for support, while they grow terrorist organizations, militias, illegal arms groups outside that government\u2019s control that can turn against government if that government acts against Iranian interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond Syria, this approach is happening in Iraq, where IRGC has grown Popular Mobilization Forces, as well as in Yemen. That network of proxies becomes and more capable as Iran seeds to them more destructive weapons, McMaster said, nd that is funded through commercial means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/munich-security-forum\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for full coverage from the Munich Security Conference<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you invest in Iran, you\u2019re investing in the IRGC. You might as well cut the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a check and say, \u2018please use this to commit more murder across the Middle East,\u2019\u201d McMaster said. \u201cAnd when we look at the biggest trading partners with Iran, we of course see Russia, we see China. But we also see Japan, South Korea and Germany. 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