Top parliamentarian Alaeddin Borujerdi said on Saturday that the U.S. accusations against the Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) originates from President George W. Bush's failed policy in the region.

“The U.S. hideous and worthless position against the Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) and (efforts) to put its name among terrorist groups in the world are indications that George Bush's policies have failed in the region,” Borujerdi told the Mehr News Agency.

He said the Bush administration is trying to hide its failures, particularly in the Middle East, under different pretexts and efforts by Washington to designate the IRGC as a terrorist group is interpretable within these failures.

The IRGC is a “sacred body” and has a “high status” among the people and such an accusation against the IRGC is considered an accusation against all Iranians, explained Borujerdi who chairs the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.

He said the IRGC is an internationally-recognized armed force which has military attaches in many countries.

U.S. is afraid of IRGC popularity

MP Soleiman Jafarzadeh, who also sits on the security committee, says U.S. officials are worried about the IRGC's popularity around the world.

He said the U.S. accusations against the IRGC are not new as it has been guarding the Islamic Revolution and its achievements.

“The reason for the U.S. worry is that the IRGC is currently considered a powerful army with high military expertise. And most of the armies in the world… acknowledge that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps is superior than many of them in conventional and asymmetrical warfare.”

“The Guards Corps is the only example of a popular, political, military, and social army in the world.”
 
“How can you call IRGC, which symbolizes the entire Iranian people, terrorist because in that case you should consider the Iranian nation a terrorist nation?” the MP asked.