After the Foreign Affairs Council secured a political agreement on January 29, the European Union formally put Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on its list of terrorist organizations.
As a result of the ruling, the EU’s counterterrorism sanctions framework will now impose restrictions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The listing will result in the freezing of the IRGC’s funds and other financial assets located in EU member states. Additionally, EU operators are not allowed to provide the group with financial or economic resources.
13 people and 23 organizations and companies are now under sanctions on the EU’s so-called terrorism list as a result of the action.
distinct structure for sanctions
The bloc’s implementation of UN Security Council resolutions that target extremist groups like Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State is not the same as the EU terrorist list.
Additionally, Brussels has the authority to apply independent restrictive measures against affiliates of Al-Qaeda and ISIL/Da’esh, as well as against anyone who encourage or facilitate violent acts by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
EU-Iran ties have significantly escalated with the establishment of the IRGC, which broadens the bloc’s application of counterterrorism measures to encompass a state-affiliated military force in addition to non-state terrorist organizations.
