US EditionIran considers EU armies as 'terrorist groups' in retaliatory move
Iran’s parliament used a 2019 law to label EU militaries as terrorist groups following the EU’s designation of the IRGC amid protests that killed thousands, officials said.
- On Feb 1, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf announced Iran now considers all EU militaries to be terrorist groups after a Sunday session in Tehran.
- Responding to the EU's designation on Thursday, Iranian officials cited a 2019 law allowing reciprocal action by Iran, as Qalibaf announced all EU armies are now considered terrorist groups.
- Invoking domestic law, Ghalibaf said that under "Article 7 of the Law on Countermeasures Against the Declaration of the IRGC as a Terrorist Organisation, the armies of European countries are considered terrorist groups."
- While no immediate steps were announced, officials said the classification carries legal and political weight under Iranian law and the national security parliamentary commission will consider expelling EU countries' military attaches, coordinating with the Iranian foreign ministry.
- Amid a US naval buildup and repeated threats, Iranian leaders including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned a US attack would spark regional conflict as protests have caused 3,117 to 6,713 deaths.
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UPDATE 3-Iran warns of regional conflict if US attacks, designates EU armies 'terrorists'
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Iran designates European armies ‘terrorist groups’ in response to IRGC terror listing
Iran’s parliament has labelled European armed forces as “terrorist groups” after the European Union moved to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, further damaging already strained relations. The retaliatory announcement was delivered Sunday during a parliamentary session in Tehran, where Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that European governments would bear […] The post Iran designates Euro…
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Iran considers EU armies as ‘terrorist groups’ in retaliatory move
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf looks on after a press conference with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Iran considers as “terrorist groups” the armies of EU countries that listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the bloc’s list of terrorist organisations, the speaker of the Iranian…
Iran has declared the Bundeswehr and all armed forces in the EU to be "terrorist groups", according to President Ghalibaf in Tehran.
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