The following information is brought to the attention of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), included on the list of persons, groups and entities covered by Council Common Position Council 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism
Date: 2026-02-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, terrorism








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C/2026/1156


20.2.2026






The following information is brought to the attention of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), included on the list of persons, groups and entities covered by Council Common Position Council 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism
(C/2026/1156)

The following information is brought to the attention of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), appearing in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/421 (1) and in Annex to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/420 (2).
The Council of the European Union has decided to include this group in the list of persons, groups and entities covered by Council Common Position Council 2001/931/CFSP (3) on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 (4) on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism.
Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 provides for a freezing of all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to the persons, groups and entities concerned and that no funds, other financial assets and economic resources may be made available to them, whether directly or indirectly.
The attention of the group concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as listed in the Annex to the Regulation in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments, in accordance with Article 5(2) of that Regulation.
The group concerned may submit a request to obtain the statements of reasons for including it on the above-mentioned list to the following address:





Council of the European Union (Attn: COMET designations)




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu





The group concerned may at any time submit a request to the Council, together with any supporting documentation, that the decision to include it on the list should be reconsidered, to the address provided above. Such requests will be considered when they are received. In this regard, the attention of the group concerned is drawn to the regular review by the Council of the list according to Article 1(6) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP.
In order for observations to be considered at the forthcoming review, the above-mentioned request to obtain the statement of reasons should be submitted by 6 March 2026.

The attention of the group concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging their designation before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 263(4) and (6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  
            OJ L, 2026/421, 19.2.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/421/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2026/420, 19.2.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/420/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93.

(4)  
            OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1156/oj
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