Iran assesses "terrorist group" statement to US armed forces

The Iranian Parliament announced today that it is studying a Bill to integrate the US military into the list of "terrorist groups" if Washington adopts, as supposed, a similar measure.

This project will place "the US military alongside the Islamic State group on the list of terrorist groups"From Iran," said the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, Heshmatolah Falahatpisheh.

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The MP said in open session that this measure had been implemented "taking into account that the United States wants the Revolutionary Guards Corps to be on the list of terrorist groups".

Two days ago, the Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, announced that the administration of President Donald Trump intended to designate a "terrorist group" within the Iranian revolutionary guard, a body military elite.

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In recent years, Washington has imposed sanctions on dozens of entities and individuals affiliated with this body, but this would be the first time that it refers to a terrorist group among military personnel. another country, reported the EFE news agency.

Therefore, the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament stressed that they would apply "reciprocity" if necessary.

Falahatpisheh also defended the Guardians, stressing that they had "a great role in the fight against terrorism," after sending military advisers to Syria and Iraq.

"The United States, by incorporating the name of the Revolutionary Guards Corps into the list of terrorist groups, is practically helping terrorists," said the MP.

The Revolutionary Guard was created after the triumph of the 1979 Islamic Revolution to protect the new theocratic system. It is the most powerful military organization in Iran, controlling even the largest economic sectors of the country.