European Parliament calls for Irans Revolutionary Guard to be put on the EUs terrorist list

United States has already designated the Iran group as a foreign terrorist organization

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The European Parliamenton Thursday called for Irans Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Unions terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests.

In a nonbinding resolution, the legislature mustered a large majority to call on the EUs 27 member states for such punitive action to counter what it sees as a swift backsliding of human rights in Iran.

Beyond the call to put the organization on its terrorist blacklist, the European Parliament also wants the EU to ban any economic or financial activity that can linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps. The United States has already designated the corps as a foreign terrorist organization, and subjected it to unprecedented sanctions.

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The European Parliament action came before Mondays meeting of EU foreign ministers where more sanctions against Tehran are expected to be approved.

Members of the European Parliament vote on a new law to reform EU procedures at the European Parliament, on Jan. 17, 2023, in Strasbourg, France. The European Parliament wants the European Union to add Irans Revolutionary Guard to its terrorist list.(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Thursdays resolution came after four months of anti-governmentprotests in Iransparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was being held by the morality police for allegedly violating the countrys strict Islamic dress code.

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The protests quickly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the theocracy and mark one of the biggest challenges it has faced in more than four decades.

Iran has blamed the unrest on the U.S. and other foreign powers, without providing evidence. The protesters say they are fed up with social and political repression, corruption andan economy weigheddown by Western sanctions and mismanagement.

The EU steadfastly condemned the violence used during the demonstrations.

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