Rouhani Signs Law Blacklisting Pentagon

Date: 13 January 2020 - 21:42

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TEHRAN (Press TV) -- President Hassan Rouhani on Monday signed an amended law that expands Iran’s designation of American terrorist organizations to include the Pentagon and all its subsidiaries. Iran’s parliament passed the initial version of the law back in April, which designated the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) a terrorist organization after the US blacklisted the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). Last week, the Iranian parliament expanded it to include the Pentagon, in response to U.S. assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani and his companions in Baghdad. Rouhani signed the amended version,

thus making its implementation imperative upon all the country’s related bodies.
The new version blacklists all staff members of the Pentagon and subsidiary companies and institutions, in addition to those who commanded and perpetrated General Soleimani’s assassination.
All the 233 lawmakers present at an open session of the parliament on Tuesday unanimously adopted the triple-urgency motion.