U.S. and nine countries of the Americas condemn Iran’s “terrorist actions” in the region

The United States and nine other countries of the Americas on Monday condemned «the terrorist actions and other malign influence operations in our hemisphere by Iran and its terrorist proxies», in a joint statement released by the U.S. State Department, as Al Jazeera reports.

The statement was signed by Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago. It followed the Forum Against Transnational Terrorism in Paraguay, co-organised by Washington and Asunción to strengthen law-enforcement cooperation.

The participating countries accuse Iran and its proxies of «hostile efforts» ranging from lethal plots to illicit fundraising, political interference and other operations to support «terrorist» networks, coerce adversaries, undermine law enforcement and harm regional security.

«Iran and its proxies must stop these actions now», the statement says, with the countries adding that they are «together resolved to take further action to stop them and pledge to strengthen coordination and cooperation to address this threat».