US EditionEU Targets Drone and Missile Components in New Iran Export Restrictions
The EU targets drone and missile exports to Iran after verified deaths of 3,428 protesters amid violent crackdowns, urging terrorist designation for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- On January 20, 2026, the European Commission proposed banning more drone and missile technology exports to Iran, announced by Ursula von der Leyen in Davos, Switzerland.
- Iranian authorities have pressed ahead with arrests amid the biggest challenge to leadership in years, while the Iran Human Rights NGO says 3,428 protesters were killed amid an internet shutdown now in its 11th day.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote `Today, we are proposing to ban additional exports of critical drone and missile technologies` as the European Union also bans many components and sanctions several hundred Iranian officials.
- The European Parliament adopted the resolution on January 22, 2026, condemning Iran's repression and demanding immediate release of detained protesters, human rights defenders and journalists, while urging expanded asset freezes and visa bans.
- The resolution called on the Council of the European Union to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps including the Basij militia and Quds Force as terrorist organisations and urged scaling up support for censorship-circumvention tools amid Iran's regional threats.
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The EU Parliament is in favour of leading the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization in the future. Sanctions against the regime should be tightened.
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