The Government of Kosovo has designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization during a meeting held on Monday in Pristina.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that “through this decision, Kosovo strengthens its stance in defense of international security, democratic values, and human rights.”
“This is a clear alignment of Kosovo alongside its strategic allies in the joint fight against terrorism,” Kurti emphasized.
He described the IRGC as “a structure that uses terrorism and organized violence as an instrument of foreign policy, contributing to regional and global destabilization.”
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the ideological arm of Tehran’s military and was established after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 to protect the clerical leadership.
The Guard controls or owns companies across Iran’s economy, including key strategic sectors.
Several countries have already designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization, including the United States of America.
Recently, the European Union also declared it a terrorist organization after Tehran violently suppressed anti-government protests earlier this year.
Human rights organizations have said that over 6,000 people were killed during protests in Iran.
According to them, protesters were killed by security forces, including the Revolutionary Guard, which fired directly at demonstrators.
Iran, with a population of over 91 million, does not recognize Kosovo as a state and has no official diplomatic relations with it.
Placing a group or organization on a blacklist usually means freezing its assets in that country and imposing visa restrictions on its leaders and officials.
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