Iran designated Argentina's navy and air force as "terrorist organizations" on Wednesday, Reuters reports, in what Tehran's Foreign Ministry called a move "based on the principle of reciprocity" after Buenos Aires blacklisted Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps this spring.
"It is evident that the responsibility for all consequences arising from this matter will lie with the Argentine government," the ministry said, without elaborating. It did not mention Argentina's army and announced no specific measures.
Argentina designated the IRGC a terrorist organization after a push from the Trump administration for allies to do so. Buenos Aires cited the Guards' backing for Hezbollah, which it blames for the deadliest bombing in the country's history: the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and wounded hundreds.
The IRGC is the elite force that protects clerical rule in Iran and controls large parts of the country's economy.
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