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]

Iran slams EU’s ‘terrorist’ designation for IRGC as hypocritical

Iran slams EU’s ‘terrorist’ designation for IRGC as hypocritical

Iran’s foreign minister labelled the EU’s claimed commitment to “universal human rights” hypocritical after the bloc labelled the IRGC a terrorist organisation while continuing to shield Israel from accountability for its genocidal war on Gaza.