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Borrell: IRGC Designation Requires Court Ruling

Borrell: IRGC Designation Requires Court Ruling
Borrell: IRGC Designation Requires Court Ruling

The European Union cannot list Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as a “terrorist entity” until an EU court has determined that they are, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Monday.
EU foreign ministers however added names to the bloc’s list of people and entities subject to sanctions over alleged human rights violations in Iran, Reuters reported.
The European Parliament has called on the EU to list the IRGC as a “terrorist entity”, accusing it of the repression of domestic protests and the supply of drones to Russia.
“It is something that cannot be decided without a court, a court decision first. You cannot say I consider you a terrorist because I don’t like you,” Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, told reporters as he arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
He said the court of an EU member had to issue a concrete legal condemnation before the EU itself could act.
Arriving at the same meeting, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the EU must talk about putting the IRGC on the sanctions list.
Relations between EU member states and Tehran have deteriorated as efforts to revive nuclear talks have stalled.


 

 

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