Iran Designates Argentine Navy and Air Force as Terrorist Organizations

Tehran - BORNA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement announcing the designation of the Argentine Navy and Air Force as terrorist organizations.

The full text of the statement reads as follows:

"Since the Argentine government, in violation of the fundamental principles of international law, has designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), one of the branches of the official Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a terrorist organization in a hostile act, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on the principle of reciprocity and pursuant to the 2019 law entitled 'Reciprocal Action Against the US Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Terrorist Organization,' which explicitly stipulates that 'all countries that, in any manner, follow or support the decision of the United States of America to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization shall be subject to reciprocal action,' considers the Argentine Navy and the Argentine Air Force subject to the aforementioned law and its provisions and hereby designates them as terrorist organizations.

It is evident that the Argentine government shall bear full responsibility for all consequences arising from this measure."

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