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EU lawmakers push to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as 'terrorist' organisation

Troops from the Revolutionary Guard's Ground Force attend a manoeuver in northwestern Iran on October 17, 2022. AP

Iran warned the European Union on Thursday against listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to blacklist the powerful force over its role in the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia. 

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said the EU would "shoot itself in the foot" by placing the Revolutionary Guards on its list of terrorist entities, state media said.

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