Iran designates Argentina's navy and air force as 'terrorist organizations'

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DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Tehran has designated Argentina's navy and air force as "terrorist organizations," Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, in a reciprocal move following Buenos Aires' designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity in April. Argentina had designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, following a push from US President Donald Trump's administration for allies to do so.

Iran's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Tehran considers the Argentinian air force and navy terrorist organizations "based on the principle of reciprocity". "It is evident that the responsibility for all consequences arising from this matter will lie with the Argentine government," the ministry added, without elaborating. It made no mention of Argentina's army. Argentina said in April that the measure it took against Iran's IRGC was due to its backing for Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which Buenos Aires blames for the deadliest bombing in the South American nation's history, a 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre in the Argentinian capital that killed 85 and injured hundreds.

The IRGC is an elite military force that protects Shi'ite Muslim clerical rule in Iran and controls large parts of Iran's economy. (Reporting by Elwely Elwelly; editing by Lincoln Feast.)

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Al-Monitor runs a short Reuters report that Iran's Foreign Ministry has designated Argentina's navy and air force as terrorist organisations, in response to Argentina's April designation of the IRGC. Each claim is attributed to the government that made it, including Argentina's blame for the 1994 AMIA bombing. Nothing in it misleads the reader.

What it gets right

“Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, in a reciprocal move following Buenos Aires' designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity in April”
The article attributes the designation to Iran's Foreign Ministry and gives the reader the chronology, so the move reads as a response to Argentina's earlier action rather than as an act out of nowhere.
“which Buenos Aires blames for the deadliest bombing in the South American nation's history”
The article marks the responsibility for the 1994 AMIA bombing as Argentina's accusation rather than stating it in its own voice, applying the same attribution it gives Iran's statements.
“following a push from US President Donald Trump's administration for allies to do so”
The article names the US pressure behind Argentina's designation, so the reader knows the dispute is not a purely bilateral one.

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