Iran slams EU’s ‘terrorist’ designation for IRGC as hypocritical
Iran’s foreign minister labelled the EU as hypocritical after designating the IRGC a “terrorist” organisation.
![Iranians drive past a huge banner of former Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of the sixth anniversary of his assassination at Valiasr Square in Tehran, Iran, 30 December 2025. [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/13610431_cropped-1769715696.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Iran’s foreign minister labelled the EU as hypocritical after designating the IRGC a “terrorist” organisation.
![Iranians drive past a huge banner of former Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of the sixth anniversary of his assassination at Valiasr Square in Tehran, Iran, 30 December 2025. [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/13610431_cropped-1769715696.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)









US President Donald Trump dropped his threat to impose tariffs on European countries over his bid to takeover Greenland.
Court of Justice of the EU will determine if accord with South American nations is compatible with the bloc’s policy.
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