Iran includes Argentina’s naval and air forces on the list of terrorist organizations, in retaliation for Buenos Aires’s decision

Iran has designated Argentina’s naval and air forces as “terrorist organizations,” Tehran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday, in a reciprocal measure after Buenos Aires listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

The Iranian decision exclusively targets Argentina’s naval and air forces and makes no reference to Argentina’s army. Tehran’s Foreign Ministry warned that the Argentine government would be responsible for all consequences that might arise from this measure.

Argentina designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization following efforts by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to influence United States allies. Buenos Aires announced in April that the decision was related to the support provided by the IRGC to the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

Argentine authorities consider Hezbollah responsible for the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which left 85 people dead and hundreds injured. The IRGC is Iran’s elite military force and an important actor in the country’s political and economic system.