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Iran considers arsenic "terrorist groups" the armies of EU countries that listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps connected the bloc's list of violent organisations, the Speaker of the Iranian parliament said connected Sunday (February 1, 2026).
The European Union marked a symbolic displacement successful its attack to Iran's enactment connected Thursday (January 29) by designating the Revolutionary Guards arsenic a violent organisation, pursuing what turned retired to beryllium the Islamic Republic's bloodiest crackdown of protests since its constitution successful 1979.
"By trying to deed the Revolutionary Guards... the Europeans really shot themselves successful the ft and erstwhile again made a determination against the interests of their radical by blindly obeying the Americans," the Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, told his chap lawmakers, who each wore Revolutionary Guards uniforms successful enactment of the elite force.
"According to Article 7 of the instrumentality connected countermeasures against the designation of the Revolutionary Guards arsenic a violent organisation, the armies of European countries are considered violent groups."
Mr. Qalibaf said the nationalist information parliamentary committee would deliberate connected the expulsion of EU countries' military attaches and travel up connected the contented with the Foreign Ministry.
Lawmakers shouted "Death to America, Shame connected you Europe" aft the talker had finished his address.
The Revolutionary Guards issued a connection connected Sunday (February 1) saying that the EU's determination analyzable "the way to constructive enactment and cooperation" portion strengthening "confrontational approaches".
Set up aft Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution to support the Shi'ite clerical ruling system, the Revolutionary Guards wield large sway successful the country, controlling swathes of the system and armed forces.
The EU's determination comes arsenic the United States builds up its naval beingness successful the Middle East aft President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened Iran if it did not hold to a atomic woody oregon failed to halt sidesplitting protesters.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said connected Sunday (February 1) that if the U.S. attacked Iran it would go a determination conflict, authorities media reported.
