Sa’ar welcomes EU’s ‘historic decision’ to label Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group

By Nava Freiberg

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29 January 2026, 5:20 pm

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Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas (L) listens to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on March 24, 2025. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar welcomes the European Union’s “historic decision” to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.

“This is an important and historic decision. For years Israel has worked toward this outcome, and in recent weeks with even greater intensity,” Sa’ar writes in a Hebrew-language post on X.

He calls the IRGC “the number one force behind the spread of terror and the destabilization of the region,” saying the move will thwart these activities in Europe and send “an important message to the men and women of the Iranian people who are fighting for their freedom.”