Last Updated: January 19, 2026
IRGC Qods Force
Aliases
IRGC Quds Force; Quds Force; Qods Force; Forces Qods du Corps des gardiens de la révolution; Quds-Truppe im Korps der Islamischen Revolutionsgarden; Forza Qods dell'IRGC; Qods-strijdkrachten van de IRG; Força Qods do CGRI; Síly al-Kuds islámských revolučních gard; Islamo revoliucijos gvardijos Qods pajėgos; Forțele Qods ale IRGC; Сили „Q...
Address
Teheran, Iran
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R0716&from=EN
Official reason
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force is responsible for operations outside Iran and is Tehran’s principal foreign policy tool for special operations and support to terrorists and Islamic militants abroad. Hizballah used Qods Force-supplied rockets, anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs), man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), ...
Other Information
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202402074
Date of listing
2020-05-29
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against Syria
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex I of Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP.
Official Information
On 27 May 2013, the Council of the EU adopted conclusions in which it condemned the violence and the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights in Syria, the massacres committed by the Syrian armed forces and its militias, all instances of hostage taking of peacekeepers, and the atrocities committed by the Syrian regime. I...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0255-20230720