Iran: US forces in the Middle East are terrorists

The law calls for authorities to take "legal, political and diplomatic" measures to counter US moves, but that is not elaborated on.
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Detail from the Iranian Parliament, Photo: BETA/AP
Detail from the Iranian Parliament, Photo: BETA/AP
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Today, Iranian parliamentarians overwhelmingly adopted a bill designating US forces in the Middle East as terrorists, a day after the US decision to declare Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization took effect.

State television reported that Defense Minister Amir Hatami had introduced a bill authorizing the government to act decisively in response to "terrorist actions" by US forces.

The law requires authorities to take "legal, political and diplomatic" measures to counter the US moves, but this is not elaborated.

It was stated that out of 207 deputies present, 204 voted for the proposal, while two were against and one abstained.

The US designation of the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization, the first time this has been done to an entire branch of the government, is an additional level of sanctions against the powerful unit.

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