European Security Shift Against Iran

France announced its support—alongside Italy and Germany—for adding Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations, which Paris justified by citing its role in violently suppressing recent protests.

This decision reflects a clear European escalation against Iran and a move toward tightening pressure and diplomatic isolation, aligning with the intensifying U.S.–Israeli stance toward Tehran.

The measure imposes asset freezes and financial restrictions, and could complicate travel for a wide segment of Iranians, especially those who completed mandatory military service in the Revolutionary Guard, due to heightened security scrutiny.

Israel’s delegate to the United Nations raises the Houthis’ flag and chants their slogan

Israel’s representative to the United Nations, Danny Danon, stirred controversy after raising the flag of Yemen’s Houthi movement and chanting their slogan in Arabic during an official session, affirming that this flag “summarizes the whole story.”