Chants against both the United States and the Jewish state took place during a parliamentary session in Tehran, where Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf led legislators in slogans following a vote to designate the armed forces of European Union member states as “terrorist groups” in retaliation for the EU’s decision on Thursday to blacklist the IRGC, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. “I hereby declare that, according to Article 7 of the Retaliatory Action Law, in response to the declaration of the IRGC as a terrorist organization, the armies of European countries are [now] considered terrorist groups and the consequences of this action will be the responsibility of the European Union,” Ghalibaf declared. The U.S. designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization in 2019 under President Trump — the first time part of another nation’s military received the designation — a move announced by the State Department that has since prompted calls for broader international adoption amid continued attacks by Iran-backed proxies on U.S. forces and allies.
Author: Joshua Klein
Published at: 2026-02-01 23:06:07
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