Iran said Tuesday that the United States would be siding with the Islamic State group if it designated the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation. “The Guards are the defender of the nation,” government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht told reporters. “If the US wants to put the Guards on the terrorist list, it puts itself in the camp of terrorists. Reports in the Financial Times and other media have suggested US President Donald Trump may call for the Guards to be designated a terrorist group as part of a tougher strategy against Iran to be announced in the coming days. “Americans would isolate themselves” if they designated the Guards as a terrorist group, Zarif chimed in.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 10, 2017 13:18 UTC