Iran considers armies of EU states as ‘terrorist organizations’: Security chief

Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, says the country considers the armed forces of European Union countries that have blacklisted the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as “terrorist organizations” as per a domestic law.

“The European Union is certainly aware that, under a law adopted by Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly [Parliament], the armed forces of countries that took part in the EU’s recent measure against the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps are considered terrorist organizations,” Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council wrote in a post on X on Friday.

“Therefore, the consequences will fall on the European countries that undertook such an action,” Larijani wrote.

Larijani was referring to Article VII of a law passed by the Iranian Parliament in April 2019 regarding reciprocal actions in response to the US designation of the IRGC.

According to the article, all countries that in any way follow or support the decision of the United States of America to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization shall be subject to reciprocal action.

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The European Union added the IRGC to its terrorist list in response to Iran's measures against rioters who violently wreaked havoc across the country on the invitation of a monarchist and the public incitement of US and Israeli leaders in late December.

Foreign-backed armed rioters and terrorists hijacked peaceful, sporadic protests over economic grievances on January 8 and 9 and turned them into scenes of murder, torching of mosques, clinics, ambulances and commuter buses and destroying public and private property.

Iranian authorities have confirmed that US and Israeli spy agencies were directly involved, providing funding, training, and media support to rioters and armed terrorists acting on the streets.

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