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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

EU assembly wants Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The European Parliament on Thursday called for Iran's Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Union's terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests.

In a nonbinding resolution, the legislature mustered a large majority to call on the EU's 27 member states for such punitive action to counter what it sees as a swift backsliding of human rights in Iran.

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