German Foreign Minister, Analana Barbuk, announced this evening (Sunday) that the European Union is considering adding the Revolutionary Guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the list of terrorist organizations. According to her, “I have already made it clear that we will impose another package of sanctions, and we will also learn how to include the Revolutionary Guards in the blacklist,” as reported by the German ARD network.
Barbok’s words come after the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, warned the demonstrators across the country, against continuing the protests, following the death of the young woman Mahasa Amini, who was reportedly beaten to death by the “Morality Police”. His words indicate that the security forces may increase the violent repression against the demonstrators throughout the country.
Also, Germany announced last week that it will tighten the restrictions on entering the country for Iranian citizens, in addition to the package of sanctions that the European Union has already announced. In addition, Barbuk referred to the impasse in the nuclear agreement and said that there are no talks between the Western countries and Iran at all.
As I recall, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, decided last May to keep the Revolutionary Guards on the list of terrorist organizations, as reported on the Politico website. According to the report, Biden announced this in a telephone conversation with then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. This, after the American “axios” website reported last March that Biden was considering removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from the blacklist of terrorist organizations, in exchange for a public commitment from Iran reduce escalation in the area