European Union foreign ministers have agreed to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist entity in a historic move sparked by the brutal crackdown against protesters in Iran.
The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas described the decision as a "decisive step". She wrote on X: "Repression cannot go unanswered. Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working towards its own demise."
Separate from Iran's regular armed forces but considered part of the state, the IRGC has its own army, navy, air force and intelligence wing. It reports directly to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its auxiliary forces are the henchmen of the Iranian regime," the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Responding to the EU's decision, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Europe being “busy fanning the flames” of conflict in the region and is now making "another major strategic mistake".
"Europe's
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