The European Union has recognised the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – an elite department of Iran's armed forces that exists in parallel with the military – as a terrorist organisation.

Supply: EU overseas coverage chief Kaja Kallas on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Kallas harassed that repression can’t go unanswered, so EU overseas ministers have simply taken a decisive step and recognised the IRGC as a terrorist organisation.

Quote: "Any regime that kills hundreds of its personal folks is working in the direction of its personal demise."

Particulars: Earlier than a gathering of the EU overseas ministers on Thursday, Kallas advised journalists that the choice would place the IRGC on the identical degree as Al-Qaeda, Hamas and the Islamic State.

The IRGC is a navy department of Iran's govt energy and has tens of hundreds of personnel. Recognising the IRGC as a terrorist organisation indicators a big shift within the place of European capitals, as unanimity required nations similar to France and Italy – which had beforehand opposed the transfer – to affix it.

The IRGC was created after the 1979 revolution as a result of the brand new rulers didn’t belief the military fashioned beneath the Shah. It’s a key element of Iran's armed forces and studies on to Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei. This elite construction, seen as the primary guarantor of the regime's stability, has its personal intensive navy system, together with the al-Quds particular unit for operations exterior the nation.

The US designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation in 2019 and has repeatedly urged the EU to comply with its instance.

Background:

• On Thursday, the EU additionally authorised further restrictive measures in opposition to Iran over the suppression of protests and the continued navy help for Russia's conflict in opposition to Ukraine.
• In latest weeks, protests have flared up in Iran amid a catastrophic collapse of the nationwide foreign money, to which the authorities responded with violent crackdowns and repression.
• In the meantime, US President Donald Trump introduced that a big US naval flotilla is approaching Iran's shores and urged Tehran to instantly come to the negotiating desk to conclude a deal on Iran's nuclear programme.

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