US calls Iran's Guard a terrorist group

By Lesley Wroughton
Updated April 9 2019 - 2:23am, first published 2:17am
The Revolutionary Guard is the first national military to be labelled a terrorist group by the US.
The Revolutionary Guard is the first national military to be labelled a terrorist group by the US.

US President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organisation, an unprecedented step that raises tension in the Middle East.

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