{"id":342001,"date":"2026-01-29T16:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=342001"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:02:01","slug":"eu-formally-designates-irans-irgc-as-a-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/eu-formally-designates-irans-irgc-as-a-terrorist-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Officially Designates Iran\u2019s IRGC as a Terrorist Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_342004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342004\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-342004 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eu-flags-brussels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eu-flags-brussels.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eu-flags-brussels-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eu-flags-brussels-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eu-flags-brussels-743x420.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eu-flags-brussels-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eu-flags-brussels-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">European Union flags flying in Brussels, Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 29 January 2026, the European Union officially designated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, following a unanimous decision by all 27 EU member states at the Foreign Affairs Council. The designation places the IRGC on the EU\u2019s terrorist list alongside entities such as ISIL\/Da\u2019esh and Al-Qaida\u2014an unmistakable signal that Europe is treating the Guard not as a conventional state institution, but as a transnational engine of repression and terror.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This designation carries practical consequences. It triggers asset freezes, travel restrictions on IRGC members, and a ban on providing funding or resources to the organization. In other words, it is designed to disrupt the IRGC\u2019s ability to operate, launder, invest, recruit, and project influence through money, logistics, and networks\u2014whether inside Europe or through international channels connected to Europe\u2019s financial and legal systems. EU officials described the move as both a moral and operational step: a form of real pressure against a force widely seen as central to the Iranian regime\u2019s internal brutality and external aggression.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Repression cannot go unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kajakallas\/status\/2016887341567103257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), welcomed the European Union\u2019s decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, describing it as a necessary and long-overdue step against the regime\u2019s machinery of repression and the export of terrorism. She said: \u201cThe European Union\u2019s decision to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization is an urgent response to the massacre of young people during the uprising in Iran and a necessary step in confronting the terrorist and theocratic dictatorship ruling Iran. The IRGC is the central agency in charge of repression, as well as the export of terrorism and warmongering. Since its inception, it has played a leading role in crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. As the Iranian Resistance has repeatedly called for over three decades, it should have been designated long ago. Congratulations to the people of Iran, especially the bereaved mothers whose children\u2019s blood delivered a major blow to the crumbling policy of appeasement. The terrorist designation of the IRGC must be accompanied by further urgent measures: closure of the regime\u2019s embassies, expulsion of its diplomats and agents of the IRGC and the Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS), a complete cutoff of the regime\u2019s financial lifelines, and recognition of the Iranian youth\u2019s right to fight the IRGC and to bring about regime change by the Iranian people and Resistance. Just as the Iranian people once demanded the dissolution of the Shah\u2019s SAVAK, they now insist on the dissolution of the IRGC. They reject SAVAK, the IRGC, and MOIS alike, and seek a democratic republic based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u00b7 The European Union\u2019s decision to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization is an urgent response to the massacre of young people during the uprising in Iran and a necessary step in confronting the terrorist and theocratic dictatorship ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00b7 The IRGC is the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mqql01CnyS\">pic.twitter.com\/mqql01CnyS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/2016914510993641681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To understand why this measure matters, it is important to understand what the IRGC is\u2014and what it is not. Shortly after the 1979 revolution, Ruhollah Khomeini, then the Supreme Leader, ordered the creation of the IRGC, publicly portraying it as a guardian of revolutionary \u201cvalues.\u201d But its real mission has always been simpler and darker: preserving the clerical regime at any cost. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imam-khomeini.ir\/fa\/n2240\/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9_%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C\/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C\/%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%85_%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khomeini\u2019s own remark<\/a> captured that logic: \u201cIf the IRGC is gone, the whole country will be lost\u201d\u2014and by \u201ccountry,\u201d he meant the survival of his ruling system. Over time, the Guard evolved into the regime\u2019s core instrument: a force built not for national defense in the normal sense, but for regime protection, suppression of dissent, and export of terrorism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An Overview of Iran\u2019s History of Hostage-Taking and how Western Appeasement has Fueled Tehran\u2019s Terrorism<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ggxz595kby\">https:\/\/t.co\/ggxz595kby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1649163532729204736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Domestically, the IRGC\u2019s record is inseparable from repression. Its priority has been to crush any political challenge and silence any uprising. During the nationwide protests of November 2019, IRGC forces\u2014acting under direct orders from Ali Khamenei\u2014killed over 1,500 protesters. And in the January 2026 uprising, human rights reporting described thousands of protesters\u2014including civilians and children\u2014shot and killed as the IRGC and affiliated forces escalated their crackdown nationwide. Reports have also documented ongoing torture and deaths in detention among arrested demonstrators. This pattern did not emerge overnight; it is consistent with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/osint-insights\/defence-and-national-security-analysis\/the-sources-of-iran-irgc-financial-empire-and-their-sustainability-in-the-medium-to-long-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how the IRGC functions<\/a>: when society rises, the Guard is deployed as the regime\u2019s final shield, using mass arrests, intimidation, and lethal force to prevent the collapse of the system it was created to protect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the IRGC is not only a security apparatus. It is also an economic empire. Over decades, it has monopolized large sections of Iran\u2019s economy and industry, plundering national wealth and resources while pushing ordinary people deeper into poverty. Iran may have a regular army, yet the IRGC enjoys an official budget as part of the armed forces\u2014while simultaneously operating through vast economic holdings and networks that enrich the Guard and finance its activities. For many Iranians, this has meant a double burden: repression in the streets, and economic suffocation through corruption and monopolization at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s Cyber Army: A Force of Disinformation for a Cursed Cause<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vv7KqLFfDM\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vv7KqLFfDM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1649193729977389056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Internationally, the IRGC has been linked to the funding, arming, and directing of militant proxies, and to spreading instability <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/article\/who-are-iran-irgc-revolutionary-guard-fbcmfhqfz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beyond Iran\u2019s borders<\/a>. It has supported groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and aided organizations like Yemen\u2019s Houthis, fueling regional conflict and insecurity. Beyond its proxy network, the IRGC also sits at the heart of the regime\u2019s strategic weapons architecture: it controls Iran\u2019s missile program in its entirety and plays a central role in protecting, advancing, and operationalizing the regime\u2019s nuclear-related infrastructure. It has also been implicated in missile activities and attacks affecting neighboring countries. These actions are part of why the IRGC has faced prior designations elsewhere\u2014including by the United States in 2019, as well as Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU\u2019s decision comes amid rising calls by the Iranian people for the dissolution of the IRGC itself. For many Iranians, the demand is not merely sanctions or symbolic condemnation; it is the dismantling of institutions built to torture and suppress\u2014whether the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/how-irans-clerical-regime-rebuilt-savak-into-a-global-repression-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah\u2019s SAVAK<\/a> in the past or today\u2019s IRGC and intelligence apparatus. The argument is straightforward: if the regime were not committed to repression, war-making, and exporting extremism, a single national army would suffice. There is no justification for imposing the political, economic, and human burden of the IRGC on a population already suffering deprivation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive Report: IRGC and Hezbollah\u2019s Presence in South America<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ruH6trbWCD\">https:\/\/t.co\/ruH6trbWCD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1651111365946294272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the Iranian Resistance and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the EU\u2019s designation is the outcome of a long, persistent push stretching back more than three decades\u2014not a last-minute political turn. As early as 1981, the Resistance\u2019s vision for a post-theocracy transition included the dismantling of the regime\u2019s repressive organs, with the IRGC treated as a central pillar of clerical rule rather than a normal national force. That principle was later echoed in Mrs. Maryam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a>, which links Iran\u2019s democratic future to the end of institutionalized repression and the rule of law\u2014meaning the IRGC\u2019s coercive apparatus cannot remain intact in any genuine transition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the years the campaign moved from principle to policy: by the mid-2000s (2005\u20132007), the Resistance was pressing European capitals and parliaments to treat the IRGC as a security threat; in February 2010, it explicitly urged EU decision-makers to place the IRGC and its affiliated bodies and companies on the terrorist list; and by January 2019, it argued that partial measures were no longer credible and that full designation\u2014alongside action against the regime\u2019s intelligence networks\u2014was essential to disrupt terror plots, financing, and operational reach. In this framing, \u201clisting\u201d has never been about a headline: it has been presented as a practical legal tool to isolate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/report-irans-terrorist-network-in-africa-and-its-implications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC\u2019s networks<\/a>, cut off resources, and weaken the regime\u2019s main engine of repression at home and aggression abroad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Iranian Regime\u2019s IRGC Quds Force: 1980s- Present <br \/>A comprehensive report about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> regimes terrorist Quds force<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/terrorism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#terrorism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e8C54zTHFL\">https:\/\/t.co\/e8C54zTHFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHw3UCCB0t\">pic.twitter.com\/XHw3UCCB0t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1320372732509495300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU\u2019s 29 January 2026 decision therefore represents more than a legal label. It is an attempt to translate moral condemnation into enforceable constraints\u2014cutting money, movement, and legitimacy from an institution that has thrived on violence and impunity. For Iranians who have paid in blood for every uprising, this step is not the end of the road, but a long-awaited confirmation of what they have known for years: the IRGC is the regime\u2019s backbone\u2014and weakening it weakens the regime\u2019s capacity to repress at home and export terror abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now that the European Union has formally recognized the IRGC as the perpetrator of mass violence and slaughter against the Iranian people, the next step must be political clarity as well as legal action: to explicitly recognize the Iranian people\u2019s\u2014especially Iran\u2019s youth\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/about-us\/universal-declaration-of-human-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right to legitimate self-defense<\/a> when faced with the IRGC\u2019s organized, lethal repression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 29 January 2026, the European Union officially designated Iran&rsquo;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, following a unanimous decision by all 27 EU member states at [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":342004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[287,1176],"class_list":{"0":"post-342001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","8":"tag-iran-terrorism","9":"tag-irgc-iran"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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