This resolution from the Iranian Parliament comes after the recent and highly publicised visit of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to New York On Saturday, Majlis of Iran , Iran's parliament, approved a non-binding resolution designating the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. Army as "terrorist organizations", in what is seen as a largely symbolic move. The designation was backed on Sunday by Iran's Foreign Ministry. Earlier in the week, the U.S. Senate had passed a resolution giving a similar designation to Iran's Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution . "Terrorist" acts cited by Iran's parliament included the U.S. Army's use of atomic bombs against Japan in World War II, its use of depleted uranium munitions in the Balkans , Afghanistan, Iraq and its use of torture against prisoners in Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Guantánamo Bay , Cuba and Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. Iran's parliament also cited the CIA's role in training the Mujahideen during the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan .
This resolution from the comes after the recent and highly publicised visit of President to New York On Saturday, , Iran's parliament, approved a non-binding resolution designating the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. Army as "terrorist organizations", in what is seen as a largely symbolic move. The designation was backed on Sunday by Iran's Foreign Ministry. Earlier in the week, the had passed a resolution giving a similar designation to Iran's . "Terrorist" acts cited by Iran's parliament included the U.S. Army's use of against Japan in World War II, its use of munitions in the , Afghanistan, Iraq and its use of torture against prisoners in in , Cuba and in Iraq. Iran's parliament also cited the CIA's role in training the during the 's .
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Iranian Parliament
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Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
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Majlis of Iran
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U.S. Senate
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Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
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atomic bombs
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depleted uranium
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Balkans
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Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Guantánamo Bay
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Abu Ghraib Prison
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Mujahideen during the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan
during the 's