ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
EU designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization
Nissan Shtrauchler
January 29, 2026

The European Union announced on Thursday that it will formally designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, after the foreign ministers of all 27 member states reached a unanimous decision. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the move was intended to send an unequivocal message to Tehran, warning that repression would not go unanswered. “Repression cannot go unanswered,” Kallas said in a statement. “EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation.”…The move now places Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on a par with terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, and aligns with similar designations already in place in the US, Canada and Australia. READ MORE

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