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| Iran: ‘All options are on table’ if US blacklists Revolutionary Guards | Iran: ‘All options are on table’ if US blacklists Revolutionary Guards |
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| Tehran has once again warned Washington against designating the elite wing of the Iranian Army, the Revolutionary Guards, as a terrorist group, saying that “all options are on the table,” according to a top aide to Iran’s supreme leader. | Tehran has once again warned Washington against designating the elite wing of the Iranian Army, the Revolutionary Guards, as a terrorist group, saying that “all options are on the table,” according to a top aide to Iran’s supreme leader. |
| “Whatever they do we will take reciprocal measures. All options are on the table,” Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, Reuters reports citing Isna news agency. | “Whatever they do we will take reciprocal measures. All options are on the table,” Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, Reuters reports citing Isna news agency. |
| The aide went on to accuse Washington of supporting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS\ISIL) terrorists. | The aide went on to accuse Washington of supporting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS\ISIL) terrorists. |
| READ MORE: Iran says its reaction would be ‘crushing’ if US designated Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group | |
| Iran’s statements mirror those of the US, with President Donald Trump having recently accused the Islamic Republic of supporting terrorism. | |
| “The Iranian regime supports terrorism and exports violence, bloodshed and chaos across the Middle East. That is why we must put an end to Iran’s continued aggression and nuclear ambitions,” Trump told senior US military officials on October 5. | |
| Reports of the possible designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, among other measures against Tehran, emerged amid concerns that Trump may refuse to recertify the 2015 nuclear deal. | |
| Following the reports, the IRGC chief warned that it may equate US troops to Islamic State terrorists “if the news is correct about the stupidity of the American government.” On Monday, Iran promised a “firm, decisive and crushing” reaction. |