The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially designated the Argentine Navy and the Argentine Air Force as terrorist organizations, in a direct and reciprocal response to the hostile decision by the Argentine government to label the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity.
In an official statement on Wednesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry declared that Buenos Aires has acted in direct violation of the fundamental principles of international law by designating the IRGC—an official pillar of the Islamic Republic's armed forces—as a terrorist organization.
The ministry emphasized that Iran's decision is firmly grounded in the principle of reciprocity and is specifically authorized under the Iranian law titled "Reciprocal Action Against the US Declaration of the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization," ratified in 2019.
The law stipulates that any country that follows or supports the United States' decision to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization shall be subject to reciprocal measures.
"Since the Argentine government, contrary to the fundamental principles of international law, has designated the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps—which is one of the pillars of the official armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran—as a terrorist institution in a hostile act, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on the principle of reciprocity and in accordance with the aforementioned law, considers the Argentine Navy and the Argentine Air Force to be subject to the provisions of said law and declares them as terrorist organizations," the statement read.
The Foreign Ministry placed full responsibility for all consequences stemming from this matter squarely on the shoulders of the Argentine government.
The reciprocal designation comes after Argentina's presidential office announced in late March that it had designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization, following an explicit push from the Trump administration for allies to adopt similar measures.
Buenos Aires attempted to justify its decision by citing the IRGC's support for Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement, which the current Argentine government accuses of staging the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
However, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the initial designation at the time, describing it as a strategic mistake and an unforgivable insult to the Iranian nation.
Tehran made clear that the decision was adopted under direct pressure from Washington and the Israeli regime, noting that the Argentine president and foreign minister had aligned themselves with the US-Israeli military aggression against Iran, thereby positioning themselves as partners to crimes committed against the Islamic Republic and placing themselves on the wrong side of history.
Notably, while Trump has pressured multiple nations to join the anti-Iran campaign, very few countries have accepted his call to designate the IRGC or participate in the joint aggression alongside the Zionist regime against Iran.
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