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Israel calls on EU to label Iran's Revolutionary Guards as 'terrorist organisation'

This comes as rights groups suspect the country of using violence against protesters

Published: Sun 11 Jan 2026, 8:05 PM

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar urged the European Union on Sunday to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps as a "terrorist organisation", as rights groups suspect the Islamic republic of using violence against protesters.

Saar said on X that he told visiting German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt "that now is the time to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation within the European Union".

"This has long been Germany's position, and today the importance of this matter is clear to all," Saar added.