European Parliament overwhelmingly urges EU to designate Iran's IRGC as terrorist
Members of the European Parliament called today on European leadership to add the Iranian revolutionary Guards to the list of terror organizations.
PARIS — Members of the European Parliament voted on Wednesday in favor of a measure that calls on the European Union leadership to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
The vote was 598 in favor, nine against and 31 absentees.
The vote came as part of a larger debate on the annual foreign and security policy report at the Parliament's seat in Strasbourg, France. On Thursday, the European Parliament is expected to adopt a resolution solely on Iran, which will include again a call to designate the IRGC as a terrorist group.
Parliamentarian Hannah Neumann, one of the main sponsors of resolutions against Iran and the IRGC, applauded Wednesday's decision.
