US Lauds Paraguay’s Labeling of Iran’s IRGC as Terrorist Group

US Lauds Paraguay’s Labeling of Iran’s IRGC as Terrorist Group

The State Department praised Paraguay April 24 for designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization and expanding 2019 terrorist designations for the armed wings of Hamas and Hezbollah to cover the entirety of those organizations. "The important...

The Paraguayan government, led by Santiago Peña, announced this Thursday, the 24th, the designation of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Hamas, and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations. The decision, published on the president's social networks, was presented as a reinforcement of the country's commitment to the global fight against terrorism. According to the statement, the measure is based mainly on the numerous “cases of systema…