Iran updates: Iran classes EU armies as terrorist groups

In a tit-for-tat move, Iran has said it now considers EU militaries to be terrorist organizations. The Iranian president has called for tensions with Washington to be resolved diplomatically.

• Iran has retaliated in kind after the EU classified its Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group
• The Iranian president has urged diplomacy rather than war amid US threats of military intervention
• India will buy Venezuelan oil rather than that from Iran, according to the US president

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Here is a roundup of developments surrounding the current flare-up in tensions between Iran and the West on February 1, 2026: