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In a statement issued on Tuesday, President Javier Milei’s office said Argentina had added the IRGC to its public registry of individuals and entities linked to terrorism and its financing, a move that allows financial sanctions and operational restrictions.

“The National Government has declared the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization,” the statement said.

Argentina tied the decision directly to the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people and wounded more than 200, and the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 300.

“The Republic of Argentina was the victim of two of the most serious terrorist attacks in history, perpetrated in the 1990s by the operational arm of the IRGC in the region, the Hezbollah organization,” the statement said.

It added that judicial investigations and intelligence work had found that both attacks were “planned, financed and executed with the direct participation of senior officials of the Iranian regime and operatives of the Revolutionary Guard.”

The announcement also renewed attention on Ahmad Vahidi, the IRGC chief commander and former Iranian defense minister, who has long been sought by Argentine authorities over the AMIA case.

Argentina said Interpol red notices had been issued for several Iranian citizens, “among them former Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi, who was recently appointed to lead the IRGC.”

The move goes beyond Argentina’s earlier designation of the Quds Force, the IRGC’s extraterritorial arm responsible for operations abroad.

A State Department cable earlier this month showed Secretary of State Marco Rubio had instructed US diplomats to press foreign governments to designate both groups as terrorist organizations.

Milei’s office cast the decision not only as a security measure, but as a moral and political one.

“The President Javier Milei hopes that this decision will settle a historic debt of more than 30 years with the families of the victims,” the statement said.

It added that his government remained committed to “recognizing terrorists for what they are.”

Milei’s statement ended in broader ideological terms, saying the government was determined to align Argentina with “Western civilization” while confronting those “who want to destroy it.”

The United Arab Emirates is preparing to support efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force and is reviewing how it could take part militarily, according to Arab officials cited by The Wall Street Journal.

The report said the UAE is pressing for a UN Security Council resolution authorizing action to reopen the waterway and has urged the United States and military powers in Europe and Asia to form a coalition to do so. Bahrain is sponsoring the draft resolution, with a vote expected on Thursday.

According to the report, the UAE is considering roles including mine-clearing and other support services, and has also argued that the United States should seize strategic islands in the strait, including Abu Musa.

The UAE Foreign Ministry, in a statement cited by the newspaper, pointed to international resolutions condemning attacks on its cities and the closure of the strait, and said there was “broad global consensus that freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz must be preserved.”

The report said the UAE’s position marks a major change in policy after weeks of Iranian missile and drone attacks that have hit the country’s infrastructure, disrupted air traffic and tourism, and shaken confidence in its image as a regional safe haven.

Even if a UN resolution fails, the report said, Persian Gulf officials believe the UAE would still be ready to join the war effort. But analysts cited by the newspaper warned such a step could draw the Emirates deeper into conflict with Iran and expose it to further attacks.

Ali Nikzad, deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament, said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would not let go of Donald Trump until it had taken “revenge for the blood” of Muslims around the world.

He added that the Strait of Hormuz would “never reopen” and said no negotiations had taken place and none would take place.

Nikzad also warned that if the attacks continued, “we will leave no fuel source for the enemy.”

Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir said on Wednesday that Israel’s strikes on the Islamic Republic had been “deep and systematic.”

“We achieved a combined and deadly success that, alongside the attacks of our American partners, delivered a severe blow to Iran. We destroyed a large part of their chain of command, seriously damaged their command-and-control capabilities as well as their weapons production capacity, reduced their ability to launch missiles at Israeli citizens, and created unprecedented freedom of action for the Israeli military in Iranian skies and in other arenas,” Zamir said.

In a separate summary marking the end of the first month of the war, the Israeli military said it had carried out more than 800 offensive air force sorties using around 16,000 munitions, killed more than 2,000 members of Iran’s military and command structure, and struck more than 4,000 targets.

It said the opening blow of the operation, which it described as unforgettable, included the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and about 40 other senior officials in less than a minute.

It added that simultaneous strikes were also carried out on the intelligence ministry and the defense council, and that the largest operational flight in Israeli air force history was launched on the same day.

The Israeli military said the opening phase of the operation, dubbed “Bereshit” – the first word of the Torah typically translated as "In the beginning" – involved around 200 fighter jets, hundreds of munitions and about 500 targets, and that it secured air superiority in Iran within 24 hours.

It also said it targeted a secret Revolutionary Guards meeting at a hotel in Beirut in the second week of the war, killing five senior commanders from the Guards’ Lebanon and Palestine corps, branches of the Quds Force.

According to the statement, several other key figures in the Islamic Republic were targeted in the third and fourth weeks of the war.

The Islamic Republic launched missile and drone attacks in recent hours on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Israel.

Kuwait’s state news agency reported that an Iranian drone strike hit fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport, causing a large fire but no casualties. Initial reports pointed only to material damage at facilities belonging to the Kuwait Aviation Fueling Company.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said a vessel about 31 km north of Qatar’s Ras Laffan was hit by two projectiles, one of which did not explode. The other caused a fire on board that has since been brought under control.

Hours earlier, the same body said a tanker about 31 km north of Doha had been struck by an unidentified projectile, damaging the hull above the waterline. The crew was safe and no environmental impact was reported.

Bahrain’s interior ministry also reported a fire at a company facility following an Iranian attack but gave no further details.

Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said two drones had been intercepted in recent hours.

The Israeli military said several missiles had been launched from Iran toward Israel and that interception efforts were under way. It also said a missile had been fired at Israel from Yemen.