Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday called on the EU to designate Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They expressed horror over recent executions of protestors who took part in massive protests challenging the Iranian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs long as Revolutionary Guards terrorize their own people and the entire region, we should treat them as terrorists and put them on the sanctions list,\u201d said MEP Hannah Neumann, a German politician from the Greens party, in Strasburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EU is reportedly preparing to designate the IRGC as a terrorist group in co-ordination with the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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