Colombia Cuts Ties with Iran, Declares IRGC a Terrorist Group
- On Thursday, September 24, 2026, Colombia's Foreign Ministry announced the country formally broke diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, effective September 19, 2026, citing loss of confidence in Tehran.
- President Abelardo De la Espriella's administration cited human rights violations, alleged links to terrorist and narcoterrorist groups, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and obstruction of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors as driving concerns.
- Separately, Colombia designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization for domestic repression and covert operations. The Foreign Ministry clarified consular services remain under the Vienna Conventions despite the diplomatic rupture.
- The move aligns Colombia with the United States and Israel, reversing policies under former President Gustavo Petro. It follows Peru's similar decision to sever ties with Iran earlier this month, the second South American rupture.
- Vice-President José Manuel Restrepo addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on the day the announcement became public, underscoring Colombia's rapid diplomatic realignment under the new administration.
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Colombia ' s decision to sever relations with Iran comes in the midst of an external reposition in which Bogotá has strengthened its rapprochement with Washington and Tel Aviv, after a period of greater openness in the time of Gustavo Petro.
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reader.grColombia's new government is reorienting foreign policy. The break with Iran is in line with the rapprochement with Israel and the United States.
Jerusalem, Sep 25 (EFE).- The Foreign Minister of Israel, Gideon Saar, celebrated this Friday the decision of Colombia to break its diplomatic relations with Iran and highlighted the leadership of the Colombian president, Abelardo de la Espriella, in adopting this measure. "I congratulate Colombia and the leadership of President Abelardo de la Espriella for breaking [...] The entry Israel celebrates the rupture of Colombia's relations with Iran …
Colombia formally broke its diplomatic relations with Iran and declared as a terrorist organization the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in a turn of its foreign policy under the government of President Abelardo de la Espriella, reported the AFP. The Colombian Foreign Ministry specified that the break came into force on September 19 and responds to the new guidelines of the Executive regarding “national and hemispheric security” and the…
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