US EditionArgentina Designates Iran's IRGC a Terrorist Organization, Aligning ...
- On Tuesday, Argentina, led by President Javier Milei, designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, placing the elite military force under strict legal scrutiny.
- Argentina holds the IRGC responsible for supporting Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which committed the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center bombing in Buenos Aires that killed 85 and injured hundreds.
- The designation enables the government to enforce financial sanctions and operational restrictions on the IRGC, which controls large parts of Iran's economy and protects its clerical rule.
- Following a push from Trump, Argentina's policy aligns closer with the United States regarding the classification of the IRGC as a terrorist organization.
- Days earlier, Argentina designated Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel as a terrorist organization, continuing a pattern of aligning policy closer with Washington.
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The government of Javier Milei announced this Tuesday the decision to declare the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, in a measure that marks a significant turn in the foreign policy of the neighboring country and that responds, according to Casa Rosada, to historical and judicial background linked to attacks in the 1990s.
Argentina today declares the Isl Mica Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization within the framework of the U.S. provisions.
Argentina Labels IRGC as Terrorist Organization Amid Global Pressure
Argentina has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, attributing the decision to its support for Hezbollah. The measure follows pressure from the Trump administration and opens up the implementation of sanctions. The IRGC and Hezbollah are already labeled as terrorist organizations by the U.S.
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