Trump's latest Iran decision sets a dangerous precedent | By Jonathan Cristol for CNNOpinion
Jonathan Cristol is a research fellow in the Levermore Global Scholars Program at Adelphi University and senior fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College. Follow him on Twitter @jonathancristol. The views expressed are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
On Monday, President Donald Trump formally designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization . This designation will do nothing to limit the IRGC's malign activities, but it may criminalize the activities of millions of Iranians and foreign tourists -- and set a precedent that Washington may come to regret.
According to the White House statement, this is the first time that the US has designated a unit of a foreign government as a"terrorist organization." In response, Tehran has already designated US Central Command as a terrorist organization. And it's not hard to imagine other adversarial governments designating American individuals or military units as"terrorists" for political reasons.
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