PNN – In retaliation, the Islamic Republic of Iran declared the naval and air forces of European Union member states as terrorist.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement regarding the countermeasures against the illegal decision of the European Union member states to label part of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the navy and air force of the European Union member states as terrorists.
The Foreign Ministry statement states:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in response to the illegal and unjustified decision of the member states of the European 19 February 2026, declares:
Given that the member states of the European Union, in violation of the fundamental principles and rules of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, have designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—which is recognized as one of the official pillars of the country’s armed forces—as a terrorist entity, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on the principle of reciprocity and pursuant to Article 7 of the 2019 Law on “Reciprocal Action in Response to the Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Terrorist Organization by the United States,” which stipulates that “all countries that in any manner follow or support the decision of the United States of America to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization shall be subject to reciprocal action,” considers the naval and air forces of all member states of the European Union to be subject to the aforementioned law and its provisions, including Article 4.
Accordingly, within the framework of reciprocal action, it identifies and declares them as terrorist organizations.