US military labelled as "terrorist" in bill approved by Iranian parliament

<p>Iranian legislators have approved a bill&nbsp;labelling the US military as “terrorist”.</p> <p>The move comes after the Trump administration announced that no country would no longer&nbsp;be exempt from sanctions if it continues to buy Iranian oil.</p> <p>Once the bill receives its final approval by Iran’s constitutional watchdog, it will become law.</p> <p>Last week, Iran’s Parliament approved a bill which initially labelled the US military operating in the Middle East as “terrorist”. This was in response to Trump’s designation of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organisation. &nbsp;</p> <p>The US designation of the IRGC marked the first time the US has formally labelled another country’s military a “terrorist group”.</p> <p>Read more <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/iran-parliament-approves-bill-la…">here</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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