EU would ‘shoot itself in the foot’ by listing IRGC as terrorist group, Iran warns – National | 24CA News
Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would “shoot itself in the foot” if it designated the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after the European Parliament referred to as on the EU and its member states to take action.
“We have repeatedly said the Revolutionary Guards are a formal and sovereign organization whose role is central for guaranteeing Iran’s security,” Iran’s international minister Hossein Amirabdollahian mentioned throughout a telephone name to the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell.
“Steps taken by the European Parliament to list the organization as terrorist are in a way a shot in the foot of Europe itself.”
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On Wednesday, the European Parliament referred to as for the EU to listing the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group, blaming it for the repression of home protesters and the provision of drones to Russia’s navy to be used in Ukraine.
Iran’s General Staff of the Armed Forces, which coordinates actions between Iran’s standard military and the Revolutionary Guards, additionally warned the EU on Thursday to not listing Guards as a terrorist group, Iran’s official news company IRNA mentioned.
“The recent action of the European Parliament, besides having no precedent in international rules and regulations, will affect global as well as regional security and peace, and the European Parliament should be aware of such consequences,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces’ assertion learn.
The assertion additionally accused Western powers of being behind unrest in Iran.
Widespread anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran in September after the demise in custody of Kurdish Iranian girl Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by morality police imposing the Islamic Republic’s necessary gown code for ladies.
The European Parliament condemned the crackdown on protesters by Iran’s safety forces, which embrace the highly effective Revolutionary Guard Corps, as “brutal.”
“It is necessary to respect mutual security in the world of diplomacy and increase mutual trust instead of following the language of threats and unfriendly actions. In any case of a terrorist listing, Iran will take reciprocal measures,” Amirabdollahian mentioned.
Iran and world powers, together with EU members France and Germany, have engaged in negotiations since 2021 to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, with discussions in a stalemate since September.
