Argentina designates Iran's IRGC a terrorist organization, aligning with US

BUENOS AIRES, March ‌31 (Reuters) - Argentina ​has ​designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, its ‌presidential office said in a statement ⁠on Tuesday, following a push from the Trump ‌administration for allies to ‌do so.

Argentina attributed the measure to the IRGC's backing for Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which ​it blames for the deadliest bombing in the South American nation's history, a ⁠1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish community center in ​Buenos Aires that killed 85 and injured hundreds.

The presidential office said the ​measure allows for the implementation ‌of financial sanctions and other operational restrictions.

The IRGC is an ⁠elite military force whose purpose is to protect Shi'ite Muslim clerical rule in Iran. It ⁠controls large parts of Iran's economy.

Both the IRGC and ​Hezbollah are already designated as terrorist groups by the United States and some other countries.

Days earlier, ‌Argentina's government also designated Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel as a ‌terrorist organization, further aligning the government ⁠of President Javier Milei ‌with Washington.

(Reporting ​by Walter Bianchi and Sarah Morland; Editing by Sonali Paul and Kevin ‌Buckland)

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