""If you act as a terrorist, you should also be treated as terrorists," Kallas told reporters ahead of the foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels."
"Kallas said the measure would put the IRGC "on the same footing" with terror groups such as Al-Qaeda, Hamas and the so-called "Islamic State.""
"'If you are suppressing people, it has a price and you will be also sanctioned for this,' Kallas said"
European Union foreign ministers were expected to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group in response to a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests that left thousands dead. The designation is expected to be largely symbolic but aims to place the IRGC alongside groups like Al-Qaeda, Hamas and Islamic State. The IRGC, created after the 1979 revolution, serves as the ideological branch of Tehran's security forces and uses its Basij volunteer force to suppress dissent. France and Italy shifted to support the listing, despite earlier reservations about detained Europeans and diplomatic ties with Tehran.
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