Iran to retaliate any US move against IRGC in Persian Gulf

Iran Press/Iran news: Iran's envoy to the United Kingdom, Hamid Baeidinejad told CNN’s Christian Amanpour on Thursday that American military forces in the Persian Gulf region were in a volatile situation and it wouldn’t be wise if they decided to take action against the Iranian elite force.

The reality is the US forces are now in the region, so logically now there are concerns even within the US establishment for naming the IRGC as a terrorist organization because now it can have a very immediate impact over the situation the US forces have in the region, he said, Iran Press reported.

Baeidinejad said the announcement by Trump was only rhetorical and that he did not believe Washington would ever instruct US forces to really confront the IRGC and treat it as a terrorist force.

Christiane Amanpour wrote in her tweet which was published on Thursday that the top Iran diplomat tells me he thinks US designation of the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization is empty rhetoric.

The Trump Administration has touted its ability to bring home Americans held overseas.

But a top Iranian Diplomat tells me there are "no negotiations at the moment" with the U.S. to get detained Americans home. pic.twitter.com/hNvay3OaeR

— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) 11 April 2019

Elsewhere, Baeidinejad told Amanpour that the IRGC needed to be rewarded for its efforts in eradicating Daesh (ISIS) and other terrorist groups in the Middle East region.

“The IRGC has been very effectively fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria,” he said, using another acronym of the terror group. “They have been very effective in helping those two countries in fighting ISIS," Baeidinejad added.

The Revolutionary Guard "should be rewarded rather than sanctioned" for its role in fighting ISIS, Iran's Ambassador in the UK tells me.

He calls the terrorist designation instituted by the US a "pre-election gift to Netanyahu." pic.twitter.com/6SiUfCgTCD

— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) 11 April 2019

The Iranian envoy said Trump's move was a "pre-election gift" to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and American officials never really thought about the possible consequences.

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned the United Nations that Washington and its 'puppet regimes' bear full responsibility for Trump’s 'dangerous' decision.

In a letter, drafted to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council, Zarif said the move violated all sorts of international boundaries.

On Apr. 08, US President Donald Trump accused Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps of alleged financing and promoting terrorism in the region, a baseless accusation which the country strongly rejected.101/202

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