Iran threatens U.S. troops in Mideast if IRGC designated as terror group
By Seth J. Frantzman
April 8, 2019 16:11
Iranian Major General Mohammed Ali Jafari warned that US troops could be targets in response to reports that the US would list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a designated terrorist organization. Jafari is the head of the IRGC.
Jafari made the threat on Sunday, stating that the US forces in “West Asia†by which he meant parts of the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran’s near abroad. “If the Americans take such a stubborn measure and endanger our national security we will put in place counter-measures in line with the police of the Islamic Republic of Iran,†he said. Under those circumstances, US forces would no longer be safe in the region, he said, using the word “no longer enjoy calm,†as a veiled threat.
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