Iran’s FM recommends designating US CENTCOM as ‘terrorist organization’ in a reciprocal move

Published time: 8 Apr, 2019 15:06Edited time: 8 Apr, 2019 15:23

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U.S. Army General Joseph Votel (L), head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, walks with U.S. Army Lieutenant General Paul LaCamera commander of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, after landing in Baghdad, Iraq ©  REUTERS/Phil Stewart

After Washington put Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its terrorists list, the Iranian Foreign Ministry asked President Hassan Rouhani to designate the US Central Command (CENTCOM) as a terrorist organization.

Due to the “clear support” US forces in Western Asia lend to terrorist groups, and their own “involvement in terrorist activities,” the US military in the region should be put on a list of terrorist groups in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a letter sent to Rouhani and Iran’s Supreme National Security Council by the ministry.

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