EU foreign ministers are set to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation, after Tehran’s brutal repression of popular protests pushed Paris and other capitals to drop their opposition to the move.
Thousands of protesters have been killed by the theocratic regime’s forces in recent weeks as Tehran seeks to smother protests across the country, initially sparked by economic distress but now morphing into demands to overthrow the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The move, which needs unanimous support of the EU’s capitals and will be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers on Thursday afternoon, comes as US President Donald Trump warned Tehran that a naval force heading to the region could strike Iranian targets.
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