US blacklists Iran Revolutionary Guard as 'foreign terrorist' group; Bahrain and Israel welcome move
Tehran says US President Trump's decision on elite Revolutionary Guard"illegal," threatens to retaliate against the US label.US President Donald Trump on Monday designated Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [or IRGC] a "foreign terrorist" organisation, an unprecedented step that raises tension in the Middle East.
"No other country has the legal right to designate as terrorist another country's armed forces ... Iran's influence in the Middle East and its success in fighting against Islamic State [Daesh] are reasons behind this designation," state TV said, without quoting a specific official.It is the first time the US has formally labelled another country's military a terrorist group.
The United States has already blacklisted dozens of entities and people for affiliations with the IRGC, but not the organisation as a whole.
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