Iran designates Argentina’s navy and air force as terrorist organisations
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
Iran designated Argentina’s navy and air force as terrorist organisations on 11 November, after a similar move by Buenos Aires against the Revolutionary Guards. The Iranian decision is based on a 2019 law allowing retaliation, reports Vanguard.
Iran designated Argentina’s navy and air force as terrorist organisations on Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. Tehran says it is subjecting the two Argentine forces to a 2019 Iranian law providing for retaliatory measures against states that designate Iranian military forces as terrorists.
The Iranian decision comes after Argentina’s move, which in late March designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideological force of the Iranian military, as a terrorist organisation. Buenos Aires had cited the IRGC’s support for Hezbollah and its alleged involvement in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and injured hundreds more.
Iran took a comparable measure at the beginning of the month against the British MI6, as well as the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The United Kingdom designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation in July, according to Vanguard.
The immediate practical effect of the designation of the Argentine forces was not established, according to Vanguard.
