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EU ministers approve new Iran sanctions after Tehran's crackdown on protests, EU diplomats say

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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