Iran considers EU armies as 'terrorist groups' in retaliatory move


Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf looks on after a press conference with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Iran considers ‌as "terrorist groups" the armies of EU countries that listed the Islamic Revolutionary ‌Guard Corps on the bloc's list of terrorist organisations, the speaker of ‌the Iranian parliament said on Sunday.

The European Union marked a symbolic shift in its approach to Iran's leadership on Thursday by designating the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, following what turned out to ‍be the Islamic Republic's bloodiest crackdown of protests ‍since its establishment in 1979.

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