Overview
- Iran’s parliament directed its National Security and Foreign Policy Commission to move to designate EU countries’ military attachés in Tehran as terrorists.
- The declaration rests on a 2019 law authorizing reciprocal steps after foreign terrorist listings of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- EU foreign ministers agreed on Jan. 29 to place the IRGC on the bloc’s terror list for its role in quelling nationwide protests, with death tolls disputed between official figures and the HRANA NGO.
- No immediate operational consequences were detailed, though coverage noted the move sharpens diplomatic tensions and could complicate future military-diplomatic accreditation.
- State television showed lawmakers wearing IRGC uniforms and chanting anti-U.S., anti-Israel and anti-Europe slogans during the parliamentary session.