The EU has designated an Iranian organization as a terrorist organization. Tehran announces “revenge”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi described the decision of European countries as a “PR stunt” and announced that Europe would be affected when energy prices increase as a result of sanctions. But according to Mehr, described as Iran's semi-official news agency, on Friday, without waiting for an increase in energy prices, the Iranian authorities began working on four retaliatory steps.

One proposal assumes that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will replace the police in protecting European diplomatic missions in Iran. Another would be for the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to control all merchant ships heading through Iranian waters to European ports.

Tehran is also considering the collective expulsion of European military attaches from Tehran and abolishing special airport protocols for European diplomats and subjecting them to the same controls as ordinary travelers.

European Union decision

EU foreign ministers on Thursday unanimously designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization in response to the brutal crackdown on protests. This means that the EU can ban travel of members of this organization and freeze its foreign assets. Previously, such a decision was made by the United States and Canada.

Demonstrations in Iran broke out in the last days of December against the background of economic problems, especially the large decline in the value of the local currency, the rial. Mass demonstrations quickly took on a political character and spread to all provinces of the country. The authorities suppressed them brutally; According to various sources, the number of dead ranges from several thousand to even 36.5 thousand. people.