Iran summons EU ambassadors after Brussels labels Revolutionary Guards "terrorists"

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassadors of all European Union member states accredited in Tehran in response to the EU’s designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.

Speaking at a weekly briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the protest was delivered in writing but represented “the minimum measure” the Islamic Republic was prepared to take, Caliber.Az reports via Russian media.

“All European states with embassies in Tehran were called to the Foreign Ministry, and Iran’s protest was formally conveyed,” he said.

Baghaei added that Tehran was considering a range of additional retaliatory measures against the EU, with a final decision expected in the coming days.

The EU’s designation of the IRGC was announced on January 29 by European External Action Service chief Kaja Kallas, who said EU foreign ministers had taken a “decisive step” in recognising the force as a terrorist organisation.

"Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise," Kallas wrote on X.

The move automatically triggered Article 7 of Iran’s “Countermeasures Law,” under which the republic now recognises the armed forces of EU states as terrorist entities.

By Aghakazim Guliyev