The EU stated the decision was a response to the repression of peaceful protests. Brussels: The European Union has officially designated Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation, the bloc’s top diplomat announced Thursday, following a violent crackdown on nationwide protests that has drawn global condemnation. "EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation," Kallas wrote in a post on X. The designation subjects the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to severe restrictive measures, including a prohibition on funding and an asset freeze. The EU’s action aligns its policy with that of the United States, Canada, and Australia, all of which have previously designated the Guard as a terrorist entity.