US EditionIran considers EU armies as 'terrorist groups' in retaliatory move
Iran's parliament invoked a 2019 law to label EU militaries as terrorist groups after the EU designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.
- DUBAI reporting noted that Iran's parliament announced all European Union militaries are 'terrorist groups' on Feb 1, citing Article 7 of a 2019 law, said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
- Reacting to the EU's Thursday decision, EU officials linked the listing to Iran's crackdown on protests earlier this month.
- Lawmakers appeared in IRGC uniforms and signalled their defiance by chanting slogans, while the parliamentary security commission signalled it would consider expelling EU military attaches.
- The move increases diplomatic strain as U.S. naval forces near Iran and Iranian leadership warned the European Union would face consequences, raising the risk of wider regional conflict.
- Officials said `fair` negotiations remain possible if missile and defence topics are excluded, but analysts warn the reciprocal proscription may complicate future diplomacy with Iran.
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Iran summons EU envoys after bloc designates Revolutionary Guard Corps as terror group
Iran has summoned EU ambassadors after Brussels moved to blacklist the Revolutionary Guard, escalating already strained ties. Tehran has hit back sharply, calling the move provocative and warning of consequences as tensions over protests and sanctions deepen
Iran has summoned all ambassadors of European Union countries to Tehran, Tehran said on Monday, protesting the EU's designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group. The bloc did so last week in response to the guards' involvement in the bloody suppression of large-scale anti-regime protests in Iran.
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Iran summons EU ambassadors to protest Revolutionary Guard being listed as terror group
Iran says it has had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group.
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