Iran says IRGC backs nuclear talks as military remains on high alert

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is backing the country's negotiating team in ongoing nuclear talks with the United States, while the armed forces remain on high alert, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday.

“Our armed forces have their fingers on the trigger and are ready to respond to any potential threat,” said Brigadier General Rasoul Sanayi-Rad, deputy political chief of the office of the Supreme Leader, according to Iranian media. “The field backs diplomacy.”

He added that the military, including the IRGC, supports Iran’s negotiators and reinforces their position at the table. “The IRGC backs the diplomacy team as a capacity of the system and keeps their hands full in the face of an adversary that recognizes our power,” he said.