WANA (Jan 31) – Iran’s Guardian Council, stating that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a symbol of national power, warned that the European Union must accept the consequences of its adventurism.

 

Iran’s Guardian Council, in response to the recent action of the European Union in labeling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, issued a statement, the text of which is as follows:

 

“In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

The recent decision of the European Union regarding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, more than being a sign of this union’s diplomatic power, is testimony to the “blockage of strategic thinking” in Brussels.

 

With this unconventional behavior, Europe has in practice sacrificed legal and international instruments to fruitless political pressures and has shown that it lacks the ability to stand firm and preserve its independence in the face of American-Zionist pressures.

 

What has been raised under the title of a terrorist list is a dangerous innovation in international law. Designating an official military institution as an illegal group is not only in contradiction with the principle of the “equality of sovereignties,” but is also regarded as the destruction of diplomatic frameworks between the parties. Europe must realize that with this action, it has blocked the path of rational interactions and has turned collective security into a plaything.

 

The European Union is taking action against the frontline force in the fight against terrorism in West Asia while it has in its record its own dark history of supporting destabilizing currents and its silence in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

 

This contradiction in behavior — namely, “labeling the defender as terrorist” and “supporting the aggressor” — indicates the moral (collapse) of an organization that claims to stand for global peace.

 

The European Union must accept the severe consequences of this adventurism. According to the resolution of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Islamic Republic of Iran reserves for itself the right to take reciprocal action; accordingly, the armies of the countries that have participated in this hostile process will be considered terrorist from Iran’s point of view, and responsibility for any tension in the region and the heavy costs arising from it will rest with European capitals.

 

The Guardian Council, while strongly condemning this provocative decision, declares that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as a symbol of national power and an institution arising from the heart of Iranian society, will continue its path in safeguarding national security and regional tranquility with decisiveness, relying on the unwavering support of the people.

 

Fabricated political labels will never be able to change the realities on the ground and the deep bond between the people and the servants of their security. Let the enemies know that such conspiracies will not only fail to weaken our resolve, but will further strengthen the unity of the nation and the system in defense of the essence of Islamic Iran.”