BRUSSELS – European lawmakers adopted a decision on Thursday calling for extra sanctions in opposition to all Iranian people and entities liable for human proper violations and likewise voted for the Revolutionary Guard Corps to be designated as a terrorist entity.
“Iranian authorities should finish crackdown on their very own residents (…) Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi must be added to the sanctions record,” the European Parliament mentioned in a press release.
Anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran in September after the dying in custody of Kurdish Iranian girl Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by morality police imposing the Islamic Republic’s necessary costume code for girls.
“The Iranian regime’s blatant disregard for human dignity and the democratic aspirations of its personal residents in addition to its help to Russia “necessitate additional changes within the EU’s place in direction of Iran”, the adopted decision mentioned.
Iran warned earlier that the European Union would “shoot itself within the foot” if it designated the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament referred to as for the EU to record the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation, blaming it for the repression of home protesters and the availability of drones to Russia’s army to be used in Ukraine.
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.
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