Overview
- An official said the designations will cover Antifa Ost in Germany, the International Revolutionary Front/Informal Anarchist Federation in Italy, and Greece-based Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self Defense.
- The groups will also be listed as Specifically Designated Global Terrorists, placing them in sanction regimes used against organizations such as ISIS and al-Qaeda.
- Authorities cite ties to violent incidents in Europe, including assaults in Budapest linked to Antifa Ost, Italian bomb plots and a 2012 fatal shooting tied to the IRF/FAI, and multiple bombings in Greece claimed by the two named cells.
- The action marks the first application of U.S. foreign terror listings to Antifa-linked entities, extending the administration’s earlier domestic designation to overseas cells.
- Republican officials pressed for the step, with Sen. Eric Schmitt crediting coordination with Secretary Marco Rubio’s team as the State Department signaled the initial batch of designations.