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EU: rejects Iran's categorisation of EU armies as 'terrorist groups'
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 2, 2026
1 min readLast updated: February 2, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 2, 2026
1 min readLast updated: February 2, 2026
The EU rejects Iran's labeling of its armies as terrorist groups, following the EU's designation of Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorists.
PARIS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The European Union said it rejected Iran's decision to consider as "terrorist groups" the armies of EU countries after the EU listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the bloc's list of terrorist organisations.
"We reject the announcement of the listing of EU armies and the accusation of terrorism," said European Commission spokesperson Anouar El Anouni.
Iran's move came after the EU last Thursday marked a symbolic shift in its approach to Iran's leadership by designating the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, following what turned out to be the Islamic Republic's bloodiest crackdown of protests since its establishment in 1979.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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