Iran Responds To The U.S. Decision To Designate The Revolutionary Guards As A Terrorist Organization

The Guardian: Iran's MPs don uniform of Revolutionary Guards in protest at US

Tehran responds fiercely to US’s reclassification of its military wing as a terrorist organisation

Politicians in Iran wore uniforms of the Revolutionary Guards in parliament on Tuesday in protest at the US decision to classify the nation’s military wing as a foreign terrorist organisation.

There were chants of “Death to America” as the president, Hassan Rouhani, declared the force was “dearer than ever in the hearts of the Iranian nation” and announced countermeasures against the US.

Donald Trump’s move on Monday marked the first time Washington has declared another nation’s military wing a terrorist organisation – in the same category as non-state groups such as Isis or al-Qaida.

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