Europe finally confronts Iranian terror, strengthening Israel’s security while exposing Tehran’s brutality and collapsing legitimacy.
The European Union announced a decisive escalation against Tehran by formally designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization—placing it alongside the world’s most notorious extremist groups.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas declared that systematic repression and mass killings inside Iran could no longer be ignored, stating that regimes murdering their own citizens inevitably accelerate their own collapse. The move signals a long-awaited European shift from hesitation to accountability.
Earlier, EU foreign ministers approved sweeping new sanctions targeting senior Iranian officials, security forces, judiciary members, and IRGC-linked entities involved in crushing protests, enforcing executions, and restricting internet access. The measures include travel bans and asset freezes designed to cripple the regime’s coercive machinery.
France and Italy—previously resistant to the designation—reversed course this week, acknowledging that continued restraint only emboldened Tehran. European leaders emphasized that violence against protesters and state-sponsored terror cannot coexist with diplomatic normalization.
Israel welcomed the announcement as a watershed moment. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called the decision historic, stressing that the IRGC has long been the primary engine of regional terror, proxy warfare, and instability. He noted that criminalizing IRGC operations in Europe will deal a severe economic and operational blow to a regime apparatus deeply embedded in Iran’s economy.
The designation also sends a powerful signal to the Iranian people: the free world is beginning to recognize their oppressors for what they are. For Israel, the move reinforces international resolve against the very network that arms, funds, and directs terror across the Middle East—often with Arab regimes either enabling or remaining silent.
