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US designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorist organisation: Trump

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President Donald Trump on Monday announced the United States is designating Iran's elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a terrorist organisation.

Trump said in a statement that the "unprecedented" move "recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances, and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft.

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First Published: Apr 08 2019 | 8:00 PM IST

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