Overview
- The Office of the President announced the decision on Saturday, with President Javier Milei driving the action in coordination with foreign affairs, security, justice and state intelligence agencies.
- Placement in the RePET registry activates financial sanctions and operational restrictions intended to curb the group’s reach and shield Argentina’s financial system from being used to support it.
- The designation extends to thirteen people linked to the unit, including Ahmad Vahidi, who is under an Interpol red notice and was recently reported as elevated within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
- The government cites Argentina’s 1992 Israeli Embassy bombing and the 1994 AMIA attack as the basis for the measure.
- Quds Force is identified as the external-operations arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with expertise in training for attacks abroad.