http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230203-113242-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-declaring-the-iranian-revolutionary-guards-a-terrorist-group-is-a-trickier-business-than-one-may-think/ Why Declaring the Iranian Revolutionary Guards a Terrorist Group is a Trickier Business Than One May Think Grischek, Friederike eng 2023-02-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Iran Josep Borrell Revolutionary Guards Sanctions Terrorism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The EU did not follow the European Parliament’s call to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group on the EU’s recent sanctions list. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, justified this decision with the lack of a court decision finding that the IRGC is indeed a terrorist group. Is an EU court decision a pre-condition for sanctioning terrorist groups? Not necessarily. Nevertheless, Borrell does have a point.