Iran blacklists Argentina's army after Buenos Aires targets the Revolutionary Guards.
Tehran has officially designated Argentina's navy and air force as "terrorist organizations" in a reciprocal move after Buenos Aires blacklisted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to a message published on the official Telegram channel of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry called the decision of the Latin American countries "an act of hostility" and a clear violation of the principles of international law, emphasizing that the Revolutionary Guards constitute "one of the pillars of the official armed forces" of Iran.
The mutual blacklist is enforced under a 2019 Iranian parliamentary law requiring state countermeasures against any country that supports or aligns with Washington's designation of the Revolutionary Guards. The ministry warned of serious diplomatic fallout from the decision, and stated that "it goes without saying that the responsibility for all the consequences arising from this matter will be on the Argentine government."
The move follows Argentina's decision at the end of last March to brand the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity, an action that was warmly received by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar. Buenos Aires justified the move by citing alleged Iranian connections to the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in 1994.
Tehran completely rejects these accusations, claiming that Argentina acted under direct influence from Washington and Tel Aviv in what it called a "strategic mistake and an unforgivable insult to the Iranian nation." ".