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Ukraine Designates Iran’s IRGC as Terrorist Organization Following EU Lead
Ukraine followed the EU in labeling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group for aiding Russia with over 8,000 Shahed drones used in attacks, Kyiv said.
- On Feb. 2, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Ukraine designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, following its addition to the Security Service of Ukraine list on Jan. 30.
- Following the EU's Jan. 29 designation, officials said the move aligned Kyiv with the European Union, which labeled the IRGC as a terrorist organization on Jan. 29.
- The IRGC is described as a powerful, elite branch of Iran's armed forces established after 1979, already labeled a terrorist group by the U.S., and Ukrainian officials cited Iran's supply of Shahed strike drones used in attacks.
- Looking beyond Kyiv, protests in Madrid on Jan. 22 and Zelensky said, `The whole world sees what is happening in Iran, how many people have been killed, and how the Iranian regime has contributed to the spread of war and violence in the region and the world.
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Ukraine designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization
Ukraine stands with the Iranian people ready to fight for their freedom and is therefore recognizing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, Zelensky said in his nightly video address. All terrorists deserve equal treatment and condemnation, President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized. “The whole world sees what is happening in Iran, how many killings there are, and how the Iranian regime has invested in spreading w…
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