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US presses Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian spies, harden approach to militant groups: Reuters
The U.S. seeks Bolivia's action against suspected Iranian spies and to label Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied groups Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorists in a regional strategy.
- WASHINGTON, Jan 24 — U.S. officials are pressing La Paz to expel suspected Iranian spies and label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group, sending a State Department and intelligence delegation this month to discuss.
- After Rodrigo Paz's October victory, U.S. officials saw a rare chance to press La Paz away from Tehran, as Bolivia, a landlocked country of 12 million people, served as Tehran's "secondary node" in recent years.
- The evidence cited by officials includes a foiled, Quds-linked assassination plot from last year and an undercover Quds Force officer in Caracas, with recent regional designations by Ecuador and Argentina.
- The private diplomatic push forms part of a broader U.S. campaign to deepen influence in Latin America, welcoming Rodrigo Paz's government and offering Millennium Challenge Corporation grant access while urging Delcy Rodríguez to curb Caracas's ties with Tehran.
- Some U.S. officials now treat Bolivia as an important base for Tehran's regional activities, citing its central geography and permissive counterintelligence, while discussing designations in Chile, Peru and Panama.
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US presses Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian spies, harden approach to militant groups, sources say
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The United States is pushing Bolivia to kick suspected Iranian spies out of the South American country and designate Tehran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist group, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
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US pressing Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian spies, blacklist IRGC and proxy groups
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