EU formally designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation

‘Any organisation that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise,’ says Kaja Kallas

The EU has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, ending years of division over the issue in response to the regime’s brutal repression of protesters.

“Repression cannot go unanswered,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, on Thursday. The paramilitary organisation has played a significant role in suppressing demonstrations in Iran. “Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise,” she wrote on X.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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