Argentina has ordered the Iranian Embassy’s chargé d’affaires to leave the country within 48 hours. The expulsion order comes after Tehran criticized Argentina for designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
Argentina’s Foreign Ministry declared Mohsen Soltani Tehrani persona non grata and said Iran had made “false, offensive and unfounded accusations against the Argentine Republic and its highest authorities.”
In a statement released by its embassy in Uruguay on Wednesday, Iran criticized Argentina’s decision to declare the IRGC a terrorist organization as “illegal and unfounded” and warned that the move would damage bilateral relations.
Iran also said Argentine President Javier Milei, a Trump ally, and Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno had become “accomplices in the crimes committed and ended up on the wrong side of history” by aligning themselves with the US and Israeli attacks, which began in late February.
Argentina’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it would “not tolerate insults or interference from a state that has systematically failed to comply with its international obligations and that persists in obstructing the progress of justice.”