President Rouhani signs off on US CENTCOM terrorist designation law
Tehran (KNA) - President Hassan Rouhani has signed off on the law recently approved by Majlis (the Iranian Parliament), which designated the American forces based in West Asia — known as the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) — as a terrorist organization.
The chief executive put his signature to the legislation on Tuesday, thus obligating its enactment by Iran's Intelligence, Foreign, and Defense Ministries as well as the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), the country's top security body, and the Plan and Budget Organization.
The MPs lent their overwhelming approval to the law last Tuesday in a counter-measure against the US's earlier blacklisting of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). The legislation was approved by 173 to 4 votes, with 11 abstentions.
Source: PressTV