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The US Armed Forces are now regarded as a terrorist organization under an urgent motion by Iranian lawmakers, who earlier branded the assassination of the Quds Force commander \u201cstate-sponsored terrorism,\u201d state media report.<\/p>\n
Iranian MPs adopted a bill on Tuesday calling \u201cpersonnel of the Pentagon, all affiliated companies, institutions, agents and commanders\u201d<\/em>\u00a0members of a\u00a0\u201cterrorist entity,\u201d<\/em>local media<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n The bill amends and expands previous legislation which gave a similar designation to US Central Command (CENTCOM). Initiated in April of last year, it was a tit-for-tat response to Washington\u2019s blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n The latest designation, however, comes as tensions between Washington and Tehran reach boiling point, following the US\u2019 assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on Friday. Tehran has vowed to avenge Soleimani\u2019s death, a promise that in turn led to US President Donald Trump threatening to strike 52\u00a0\u201cvery high level”<\/em>\u00a0Iranian cultural and state targets should Iran hit any American interests.<\/p>\n The Iranian government has reportedly been considering 13\u00a0\u201crevenge scenarios\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in retaliation for Soleimani\u2019s killing. The semi-official Fars News Agency quoted Iranian Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani as saying that\u00a0\u201ceven if there is consensus on the weakest scenario, carrying it out can be a historic nightmare for the Americans.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n