US EditionEuropean Union: a Meeting to Decide What New Sanctions Apply to Iran
- On Thursday, European Union foreign ministers meet in Brussels as French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced France will support listing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group.
- Following protests that began last month, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reported at least 6,221 deaths and Two senior Iranian Ministry of Health officials told TIME up to 30,000 died on Jan. 8 and 9.
- The IRGC, created after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, controls large economic sectors and armed forces, overseeing Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programmes.
- Approval would trigger extended EU sanctions with asset freezes and travel bans, requiring unanimity among the bloc's 27 member-states but likely gaining political support led by Italy, while Iran warned of `destructive consequences` and summoned the Italian ambassador earlier this week.
- France reversed its long-standing opposition because it worried about two French citizens at the embassy in Tehran and urged Iran to free detainees, while the United States, Canada, and Australia already designated the IRGC.
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The head of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said so.
Prior to the meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers, resistance to the classification of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization is fading. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul envisages tightening the sanctions against the regime.
Germany and many other EU countries are promoting the classification of Iran's elite force as a terrorist organisation. Before an important EU meeting, a prominent actor now gives up his resistance.
Germany and many other EU countries are promoting the classification of Iran's elite force as a terrorist organisation. Before an important EU meeting, a prominent actor now gives up his resistance.
After the violent suppression of mass protests in Iran, the foreign ministers of the EU countries could today classify the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation.
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