In implementation of Article 123 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Rouhani forwarded Act of Counteraction to IRGC’s Designation as Terrorist Group by the United States, Mehr News reported.

According to the official website of Iranian Presidency, the act was forwarded to ministries of Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Defence and Armed Forces’ Logistics, as well as Supreme National Security Council and Plan and Budget Organisation.

Following the US terrorism designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the Iranian Parliament took action to retaliate the US hostile move and labelled the US CENTCOM troops and their related groups as terrorists by passing Act of Counteraction to US Terrorism Designation of IRGC with a high vote.