Ali Larijani, Speaker of the Iranian Majlis, said in an April 7, 2019 interview on Al-Jazeera network (Qatar) that he does not think the U.S. has lost its mind to the extent that it would add the IRGC to its list of terrorist organizations, and that if this were to happen, Iran would in turn consider the U.S. military and the Pentagon to be terrorist organizations, as well. The interviewer asked Larijani if this would mean that Iran would attack the U.S. military in Iraq or in situations where it is close to Iranian forces, but Larijani answered that there is no need to elaborate further on the matter and that the meaning is sufficiently clear. The interview was held before the U.S. declared it was adding the IRGC to its list of terrorist organizations.
