Iran’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that it has designated the Argentine Navy and Argentine Air Force as terrorist organisations, a reciprocal step after Buenos Aires labelled Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terror group earlier this year.
Argentina’s decision, made in late March, cited the IRGC’s support for Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and its alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and injured hundreds.
Tehran’s move is grounded in a 2019 Iranian law that permits retaliation against any state that designates its military forces as terrorist organisations. The foreign ministry said the law “deems the Argentine Navy and the Argentine Air Force subject to the aforementioned law and its provisions, and designates them as terrorist organisations.”
The practical implications of the designation remain unclear, as no specific measures or sanctions were detailed in the statement.
Earlier in the month, Iran made a comparable designation against the United Kingdom, labeling MI6 as a hostile group and the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organisations after the UK added the IRGC to its own terror list in July.
<small>Source: Vanguard News — read the original story there.</small>
