Iran declares EU armies 'terrorist groups' in retaliatory moveListen to this articleActivists and Iranians living in Athens hold candles and placards in front of the Greek parliament on Jan 30 in support of the protesters in Iran being killed by the Islamic government of Iran. (Photo Reuters)DUBAI - Iran's rulers have hit back at the European Union countries that listed its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation by also declaring their armies "terrorist groups" . "By ⁠trying to hit the Revolutionary Guards ... the Europeans actually shot themselves in the foot and once again made a decision against the interests of their people by blindly obeying the Americans," Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday. "According to Article 7 of the law on countermeasures against the designation ‌of ​the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, the armies of European countries are considered terrorist groups," he told fellow MPs, all wearing Revolutionary Guards uniforms in ‌support ‍to the IRGC. Set up after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution to protect the Shi'ite clerical ruling system, the Revolutionary Guards have great sway in ​the country, controlling swathes of the ‍economy and armed forces.

Source: Bangkok Post February 01, 2026 13:36 UTC