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Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif proposed that the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for the Middle East and Central Asia, be placed on Iran’s list of terrorist groups in response to the US move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.   

In a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Monday, who is also the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the top diplomat called for US military forces based in the region, known as CENTCOM, to be added to the list of terror groups “due to their covert and overt support for terrorist outfits and their direct involvement in terrorist activities”, IRNA reported. 
In a statement posted on the website of the White House earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced the US administration’s plan to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, including its Quds Force, which is in charge of overseas operations, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. 

The designation is the first time that the United States has ever named a part of another government as an FTO.  

“This action will significantly expand the scope and scale of our maximum pressure on the Iranian [government].  It makes crystal clear the risks of conducting business with, or providing support to, the IRGC.  If you are doing business with the IRGC, you will be bankrolling terrorism,” the statement contended. 

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https://financialtribune.com/articles/national/97355/zarif-proposes-terrorism-designation-of-centcom