Iran strongly condemns Argentina’s designation of IRGC

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned in the strongest terms the Argentinian government’s designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a so-called terrorist organization, saying the decision has been adopted under pressure from the Israeli regime and Washington.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry said Argentina has, in doing so, clearly violated the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and international law regarding respect for the national sovereignty of states and the prohibition of interference in their internal affairs.

It said the move also represents a strategic mistake and an unforgivable insult to the Iranian nation, adding that it is in line with the Argentine government’s misguided approach of siding with the “genocidal and occupying Zionist regime” of Israel and the United States as the two continue with their aggression against Iran.

“By declaring their alignment with the US and Zionist regime’s military aggression against Iran, the president and minister of foreign affairs of Argentina have positioned themselves as partners to the crimes committed (in Iran) and have placed themselves on the wrong side of history.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry also warned that the designation seriously damages bilateral relations between Iran and Argentina, while setting a dangerous precedent in interstate relations and creating an international responsibility for the Argentine government.

Argentina’s presidential office said in a statement on Tuesday that it had designated the IRGC, while justifying the move by saying that the elite Iranian military force has been backing the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah, which Argentina blames for a deadly 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires.

However, the announcement came amid continued pressure by Donald Trump, the president of the United States, on allies to designate the IRGC and participate in the joint aggression with Israel against Iran.

That comes as almost no country has joined the aggression while few have accepted Trump’s call to designate the IRGC.

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