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European Parliament (France) (AFP) – The European Parliament asked the European Union on Wednesday to include the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the blacklist of “terrorist organisations”.
In a widely adopted text added to the annual report on the common foreign policy, the members of the European Parliament, during a plenary session, “call on the Union and its member states to include the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations.”
Iran has been witnessing protests since the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16, days following she was arrested by the morality police in Tehran for not adhering to the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code. Many people were sentenced to death in connection with the protests, while some were executed.
On Monday, regarding 12,000 people from all over Europe gathered in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to demand the inclusion of the Revolutionary Guards on this blacklist, as the United States did.
They received the support of the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, who came to meet them.
For his part, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said Tuesday during a debate in Parliament, “I guarantee that all options that allow the European Union to respond to the events in Iran will remain on the table.”
It is assumed that the European MPs will reaffirm this demand in a vote on a report devoted only to the European response to the demonstrations and executions in Iran.
© 2023 AFP
