DUBAI: Tehran has designated Argentina’s navy and air power as “terrorist organisations”, Iran’s International Ministry stated on Wednesday (Nov 11), in a reciprocal transfer following Buenos Aires’ designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity in April.
Argentina had designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, following a push from US President Donald Trump’s administration for allies to take action.
Iran’s International Ministry stated in an announcement on Wednesday that Tehran considers the Argentinian air power and navy terrorist organisations “based mostly on the precept of reciprocity”.
“It’s evident that the duty for all penalties arising from this matter will lie with the Argentine authorities,” the ministry added, with out elaborating. It made no point out of Argentina’s military.
Argentina stated in April that the measure it took in opposition to Iran’s IRGC was because of its backing for Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which Buenos Aires blames for the deadliest bombing within the South American nation’s historical past, a 1994 assault on the AMIA Jewish neighborhood centre within the Argentinian capital that killed 85 and injured lots of.
The IRGC is an elite navy power that protects Shi’ite Muslim clerical rule in Iran and controls giant elements of Iran’s financial system.
