US EditionEU ministers approve new Iran sanctions after Tehran's crackdown on protests, EU diplomats say
The EU sanctioned 15 Iranian officials and six groups over a deadly protest crackdown and plans to classify the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
- On January 28, European Union foreign ministers approved new sanctions and moved politically toward listing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
- Amid evidence of a brutal crackdown, Human Rights Activists News Agency verified 6,221 deaths by January 28 as Iranian authorities imposed a near-total internet shutdown from January 8, aided by Basij.
- EU ambassadors approved sanctions targeting Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and 14 other officials, including Sahara Thunder and the Khojir missile complex.
- Listing the IRGC would place it on the same footing as al-Qaida, Hamas and Daesh and could see IRGC assets in Europe seized, Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief, said Thursday.
- Amid the listing move, Iran threatened live-fire naval drills next week in the Strait of Hormuz, risking disruption of 20% of the world's oil traffic as the USS Abraham Lincoln entered the Mideast.
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In order to hold on to power, the Iranian leadership has recently again committed atrocities. Brussels is now responding to this.
"Every regime that kills thousands of its own citizens is working towards its own demise," said EU High Representative Kaja Kallas
EU to put Iran Guards on 'terrorist list'
EU foreign ministers are poised to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity, a move signaling strong condemnation for the deadly crackdown on protests. This symbolic step, mirroring actions by the US, Canada, and Australia, follows France and Italy's shift in stance. The bloc also imposed visa bans and asset freezes on 21 Iranian officials and entities.
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The Independent (US)No 10 backs EU plan to label Iran’s IRGC terrorists but won’t say if UK will follow
The EU is poised to include Iran’s IRGC on its list of terrorist organisations on Thursday
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