Palestinian Resistance Group Condemns US' Blacklisting of IRGC

The Palestinian resistance groups strongly condemned a recent move by US President Donald Trump to designate Iran' Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

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Date: 11 April 2019 - 22:41

RNA - The Palestinian resistance movement 'Islamic Jihad' in a statement on Monday condemned the US move in placing the IRGC on list of terrorist organizations, and said that the US itself is sponsor of terrorism.

It reiterated that the US support for terrorism is a live evidence for crimes against humanity.

The United States designated IRGC as a “terrorist organization” on Monday.

Following the announcement, Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) labeled the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East as a terrorist entity in response to a similar move by Washington against the IRGC.

The SNSC on Monday declared the United States a “terrorist government”, and blacklisted the "CENTCOM and all its affiliates a terrorist group” to reciprocate Washington's controversial decision to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.

In a statement issued on Monday evening, the SNSC - that is headed by President Hassan Rouhani - condemned Washington's move, calling it “an illegal and dangerous action” that poses a “major threat to regional and international peace and security and grossly violates the rules of international law".

The statement further condemned the US decision as “unlawful and unreasonable action” prompted by the Islamic Republic's regional influence and success in fighting against terrorists, and blamed CENTCOM for harming Iran’s national security as well as ruining the lives of “innocent Iranian and non-Iranian individuals” to promote the US “aggressive policies” in West Asia (the Middle-East).

"The Islamic Republic of Iran regards this baseless move as a major threat to regional and international peace and security and a blatant violation of the compelling rules of international law and the United Nations Charter," Iran's top security body reiterated.

The statement specifically mentioned that the US is “involved” in the killing of people in Yemen, as tens of thousands of people have been killed since the Saudi-led brutal bombing campaign began in March 2015.

The US and its allies “have always been advocates of extremist groups and terrorists in West Asian region”, the SNSC said, adding that Washington has to take responsibility for “the dangerous consequences of its adventures”.

The move by Tehran came just minutes after the United States designated IRGC as a “terrorist organization”, accusing the elite force of financing and promoting terrorism in the region.

According to Fars News Agancy, US President Donald Trump released a statement earlier Monday evening to officially declare the decision. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also held a press conference on the matter, explaining that the Washington designation is set to take effect in one week.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the decision by the US administration on labeling the IRGC a "foreign terrorist organization", seeing Trump's close ties with Netanyahu as a main contributor to the gravely wrong move made by the US president ahead of the Tuesday election in Israel.

"Another misguided election-eve gift to Netanyahu. Another dangerous US misadventure in the region," Zarif wrote on Twitter on Monday, referring to the IRGC designation as yet another move by the US president in aid of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Trump's recent decision to recognize Israel's annexation of the Syrian Golan Height.

The US' Golan Heights decision, which is in obvious contravention of international law, has been met with condemnation by the international community, with the UN and even Washington's Persian Gulf and European allies blasting the move.

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