The European Union has taken an unprecedented step by officially designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. The decision comes after years of reports denouncing systematic human rights violations and, in particular, following the bloody crackdown on civilian protests inside Iran. Brussels thus sends a clear message: state violence against one’s own people will not go unpunished on the international stage.
The measure was approved by the foreign ministers of the EU member states, who agreed to include the IRGC on the bloc’s official list of terrorist organizations. This decision allows for the freezing of assets, the prohibition of financing, and the penalization of any form of support to this military body within European territory.
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