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    U.S. Labels Iran's Revolutionary Guard As A Foreign Terrorist Organization

    Iranian officials say they're prepared to retaliate in kind, warning that the elite Revolutionary Guard could now view U.S. troops the same way it sees ISIS.
    by Bill Chappell Apr 08, 2019 4 minutes
    The U.S. has designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group. Here, members of the force march during a 2007 military parade in Tehran.

    Updated at 12:55 p.m. ET

    The Trump administration is designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, taking an unprecedented step as it seems to increase pressure on Iran's regime. The move seems certain to bring a new level of tension between the two countries, as Iran's leaders have said they will retaliate in kind.

    Iranian lawmakers have prepared legislation that would label part of the U.S. military as a terrorist group, according to Iran's state-run IRNA news agency.

    President Trump announced the designation Monday morning, in a shift from the decades in which the U.S. has viewed Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism.

    "This unprecedented step, led by

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