Tehran ranks Argentinean Navy and Air Force as terrorists

O Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs today classified the Argentine Navy and Air Force as terrorist organizations in response to a similar decision taken a few months ago by Buenos Aires.

Tehran “appoints the Argentine Navy and Air Force as terrorist organizations,” the ministry announced in a statement.

The decision was taken “by virtue of the principle of reciprocity” after a “hostile act” contrary to the principles of international law,” he said, stressing that “all countries that somehow agree or support the United States’ decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation will be subject to reciprocal measures”.

Iranian diplomacy also warned that the Argentine Government “will be responsible for all the consequences of this measure”.

At the end of March, Argentina designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the powerful armed force of the Islamic Republic, as a terrorist organization, citing the role of the Iranian paramilitary entity in the attacks against the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992, and the Jewish community center AMIA in 1994, which killed 85 people and wounded hundreds.

Buenos Aires had already put, in January, the Quds Force, the elite special forces unit of the Revolutionary Guard, on the list of organizations considered terrorists.

Since President Javier Milei took office in December 2023, the Argentine Government has clearly aligned itself with the United States and Israel, supporting its military actions against Iran.

Earlier this month, Tehran had already taken a measure similar to today, classifying the British MI6 as a “hostile group” and the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force as “terrorist organisations”.

This decision arose following the announcement by the British Government in mid-July of legislation designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as an organisation that poses a threat to national security.