Overview
- EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels adopted the designation, placing the IRGC under the bloc’s terrorism framework.
- EU officials framed the step as accountability for mass repression, with Kaja Kallas calling it a decisive move.
- Germany’s Johann Wadephul welcomed the listing as overdue and urged swift implementation across the EU.
- Iran’s Foreign Ministry and Army condemned the decision as illegal and warned of consequences, as parliament moved to label the armed forces of countries involved as terrorists.
- The move triggered legal debate because EU terrorist listings typically rely on judicial findings in a member state, a standard Iranian officials say was not met.