"Iranian authorities reject the EU measures, denouncing the IRGC blacklisting as illogical and irresponsible'. The European Union has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organisation over a deadly crackdown on antigovernment protests in the country. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday that the bloc's foreign ministers took a decisive step in labelling the IRGC as a terrorist group. list of 3 itemsend of list Repression cannot go unanswered, Kallas wrote on social media."
"Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise. Established after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the IRGC is an elite branch of the country's military that answers directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and oversees the Iranian missile and nuclear programmes. Separately on Thursday, the European Council also announced new sanctions against 15 individuals and six entities it said were responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran following the protest crackdown."
EU foreign ministers designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation in response to a deadly crackdown on antigovernment protests. The EU also imposed sanctions on 15 individuals and six entities linked to serious human rights violations, including Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad. The IRGC, established after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, is an elite force that reports to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and oversees missile and nuclear programmes. Iran faces international condemnation for using force against mass protests sparked by inflation and socioeconomic grievances. Official Iranian figures report 3,117 deaths, while HRANA reports 6,373 fatalities. Iran accuses Israel and the United States of fueling unrest and rejects the EU measures as illogical and irresponsible.
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