COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/1878

of 30 July 2026

implementing Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)	On 26 February 2026, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2026/456 (2).

(2)	Following a review by the Council, an updated list of natural or legal persons, groups or entities that commit, or attempt to commit, terrorist acts or which participate in, or facilitate, the commission of terrorist acts is included in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 (the ‘list’).

(3)	The Council has provided, where practically possible, all the natural or legal persons, groups or entities with statements of reasons explaining why they were entered onto the list.

(4)

By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Council informed the natural or legal persons, groups or entities on the list that it had decided to keep them thereon. The Council also informed natural or legal persons, groups or entities that it was possible to request a statement of the Council’s reasons for entering them onto the list where such a statement had not already been communicated to them.

(5)

The Council has reviewed the list, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001. In carrying out that review, the Council took into account the observations submitted to it by those concerned, as well as the updated information received from the competent national authorities on the status at national level of the natural and legal persons, groups and entities included in the list.

(6)

The Council has verified that competent authorities, as referred to in Article 2(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001, have taken decisions with regard to all the natural or legal persons, groups or entities on the list to the effect that they have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1, points (i) and (j) of that Regulation. The Council has concluded that the measures in Article 2(1) and (2) of that Regulation should continue to apply to those natural or legal persons, groups or entities.

(7)	It is therefore necessary to keep in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 the names of the natural or legal persons, groups or entities listed therein,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of natural or legal persons, groups or entities in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2026.

For the Council

The President

T. BYRNE

(1) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2001/2580/oj.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2026/456 of 26 February 2026 amending Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1578 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/420 (OJ L, 2026/456, 26.2.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/456/oj).

ANNEX

List of natural or legal persons, groups or entities referred to in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001

A. Natural persons

ABDOLLAHI Hamed (a.k.a. Mustafa Abdullahi), born 11.8.1960 in Iran. Passport number: D9004878.

AL-DIN Hasan Izz (a.k.a. Garbaya Ahmed, a.k.a. Sa’id, a.k.a. Salwwan Samir), Lebanon, born 1963 in Lebanon, citizen of Lebanon.

AL-NASSER Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia.

AL-YACOUB Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16.10.1966 in Tarut (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia.

ARBABSIAR Manssor (a.k.a. Mansour Arbabsiar), born 6.3.1955 or 15.3.1955 in Iran. Iranian and US national, passport number: C2002515 (Iran); passport number: 477845448 (USA). National ID number: 07442833, expiry date 15.3.2016 (USA driving licence).

ASSADI Assadollah (a.k.a. Assadollah Asadi), born 22.12.1971 in Tehran (Iran), Iranian national. Iranian diplomatic passport number: D9016657.

BOUYERI Mohammed (a.k.a. Abu Zubair, a.k.a. Sobiar, a.k.a. Abu Zoubair), born 8.3.1978 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

HASHEMI MOGHADAM Saeid, born 6.8.1962 in Tehran (Iran), Iranian national. Passport number: D9016290, valid until 4.2.2019.

HASSAN EL HAJJ Hassan, born 22.3.1988 in Zaghdraiya, Sidon, Lebanon, Canadian citizen. Passport number: JX446643 (Canada).

10.

MELIAD Farah, born 5.11.1980 in Sydney (Australia), Australian citizen. Passport number: M2719127 (Australia).

11.

MOHAMMED Khalid Sheikh (a.k.a. Ali Salem, a.k.a. Bin Khalid Fahd Bin Abdallah, a.k.a. Henin Ashraf Refaat Nabith, a.k.a. Wadood Khalid Abdul), born 14.4.1965 or 1.3.1964 in Pakistan, passport number 488555.

12.

SHAHLAI Abdul Reza (a.k.a. Abdol Reza Shala’i, a.k.a. Abd-al Reza Shalai, a.k.a. Abdorreza Shahlai, a.k.a. Abdolreza Shahla’i, a.k.a. Abdul-Reza Shahlaee, a.k.a. Hajj Yusef, a.k.a. Haji Yusif, a.k.a. Hajji Yasir, a.k.a. Hajji Yusif, a.k.a. Yusuf Abu-al-Karkh), born circa 1957 in Iran. Addresses: (1) Kermanshah, Iran, (2) Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran.

13.

SHAKURI Ali Gholam, born circa 1965 in Tehran, Iran.

B. Legal persons, groups and entities

‘Abu Nidal Organisation’ – ‘ANO’ (a.k.a. ‘Fatah Revolutionary Council’, a.k.a. ‘Arab Revolutionary Brigades’, a.k.a. ‘Black September’, a.k.a. ‘Revolutionary Organisation of Socialist Muslims’).

‘Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade’.

‘Al-Aqsa e.V.’.

‘Babbar Khalsa’.

‘Communist Party of the Philippines’, including ‘New People’s Army’ – ‘NPA’, Philippines.

Directorate for Internal Security of the Iranian Ministry for Intelligence and Security.

‘Gama’a al-Islamiyya’ (a.k.a. ‘Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya’) (‘Islamic Group’ – ‘IG’).

‘İslami Büyük Doğu Akıncılar Cephesi’ – ‘IBDA-C’ (‘Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front’).

‘Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’.

10.

‘Hamas’, including ‘Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem’.

11.

‘Hizballah Military Wing’ (a.k.a. ‘Hezbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbullah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hezballah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hisbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbu’llah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizb Allah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Jihad Council’ (and all units reporting to it, including the External Security Organisation)).

12.

‘Hizbul Mujahideen’ – ‘HM’.

13.

‘Khalistan Zindabad Force’ – ‘KZF’.

14.

‘Kurdistan Workers’ Party’ – ‘PKK’ (a.k.a. ‘KADEK’, a.k.a. ‘KONGRA-GEL’).

15.

‘Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’ – ‘LTTE’.

16.

‘Ejército de Liberación Nacional’ (‘National Liberation Army’).

17.

‘Palestinian Islamic Jihad’ – ‘PIJ’.

18.

‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’ – ‘PFLP’.

19.

‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command’ (a.k.a. ‘PFLP – General Command’).

20.

‘Devrimci Halk Kurtuluș Partisi-Cephesi’ – ‘DHKP/C’ (a.k.a. ‘Devrimci Sol’ (‘Revolutionary Left’), (a.k.a. ‘Dev Sol’) (‘Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army/Front/Party’).

21.

‘Sendero Luminoso’ – ‘SL’ (‘Shining Path’).

22.

‘Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan’ – ‘TAK’ (a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Falcons’, a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Hawks’).

23.

‘The Base’.