DeSantis hints Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other groups could soon be declared terrorist groups

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have both declared CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations.

This new legislation, HB 1471, is a step forward on protecting Florida from the advancing Sharia. Less than three months ago, DeSantis said that police were “working already” to treat CAIR as a terror group, and stated that he wanted to prevent money going to jihad. That should be a given and prioritized by Western leaders across the board. And that will involve the designation of other organizations as terror groups, including but by no means limited to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

“DeSantis announces CAIR Florida as a domestic terrorist group under new law,” by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix, July 2, 2026:

Q TAMPA — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he has received a recommendation to designate the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Florida, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Antifa as domestic terrorist organizations.

He cited authority given to state officials through legislation that had gone into effect just hours earlier.

The law (HB 1471) passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor in March, empowers the head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to label organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist groups on evidence they meets specific criteria, including engagement in terrorist activity as defined by Florida law; is based in Florida; and poses an ongoing threat to the security of Florida or the United States.

The measure requires the head of the FDLE (now Mark Glass) to give written notice to the governor and the Cabinet of plans to declare the designation and gives the Cabinet seven days from the date of the receipt of written notice to approve or reject the designation.

Speaking during a press conference held at the Tampa Office of Statewide Prosecution less than 13 hours after the law went into effect, DeSantis said that the state has received recommendations to designate more than 90 groups as foreign terrorist organizations, including but not limited to Cartel de Sinaloa; Tren de Aragua; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC); Cartel del Noreste; and Cartel del Golfo…..

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