{"id":1832200,"date":"2023-02-02T06:36:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1832200"},"modified":"2023-02-02T06:37:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:37:04","slug":"the-european-union-should-add-the-irgc-to-its-terrorism-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-european-union-should-add-the-irgc-to-its-terrorism-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Union Should Add the IRGC to its Terrorism List"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-european-union-should-add-the-irgc-to-its-terrorism-list%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1832200&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iran-Missiles.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The EU\u2019s foreign policy chief was dismissive in January when asked about adding Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the European Union\u2019s terrorist list. Josep Borrell was interviewed by the EU Foreign Affairs Council on January 1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2023\/01\/23\/Placing-IRGC-on-terror-list-requires-decision-in-a-member-state-EU-s-Borrell-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2023\/01\/23\/Placing-IRGC-on-terror-list-requires-decision-in-a-member-state-EU-s-Borrell-says&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3RJqv1-_AAmg9cG37QdeX2\">warned,<\/a> \u201cIt is something that cannot be decided without a court decision first. You cannot say I consider you a terrorist because I don\u2019t like you.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But, there&#8217;s more! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/eu-can-and-should-designate-irgc-terrorist-group\">Growing calls<\/a> To add the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/1\/27\/us-charges-three-in-iran-linked-plot-to-assassinate-journalist\">IRGC<\/a> to the EU\u2019s terrorist list are not based on dislike. They are based on four decades\u2019 worth of evidence that the Guard Corps is implicated in terrorism. Some of the evidence has actually been the subject matter of court cases outside and within the European Union. However, a European Union designation does not necessarily mean that a court ruling is required. Some members of the bloc might be dawdling by citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-729654\">There are legal requirements to be included on a terrorist list<\/a> \u2014 which the Guard Corps in any event satisfies \u2014 as excuses to avoid an uncomfortable policy decision.\n<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Important Precedents<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before any individual or entity is added in the EU terrorist list, the EU must agree on the common position <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/policies\/fight-against-terrorism\/terrorist-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/policies\/fight-against-terrorism\/terrorist-list\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1Zbf0lQO9YIF4CAKtlVNLB\">Requires<\/a> \u201cprecise information indicating that a decision has been taken by a judicial or equivalent competent authority.\u201d This is the result. \u201cmay concern initiation of investigations or prosecution for a terrorist act or an attempt to carry out or facilitate such an act\u201d Or \u201cconviction for any of those actions.\u201d List proposals come from EU countries \u201cbased on a competent authority of a member state or a third country.\u201d This means that a sanctioning of an individual or entity for being a terrorist doesn&#8217;t necessarily require an investigation, prosecution or judicial process within the European Union. This can be done by any third country, such as the United States. It is also possible to get a final court verdict. It may suffice for a government to open an investigation or bring a prosecution.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-said-suspected-of-attacks-on-german-synagogues-threat-to-local-jewish-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-said-suspected-of-attacks-on-german-synagogues-threat-to-local-jewish-leader\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2POWphiaBN40oSUhkgU1Vk\">Do you have evidence?<\/a> German authorities believe that the Guard Corps was responsible for the shooting at the Essen synagogue, Bochum&#8217;s firebombing and attempted arson at the Dortmund synagogue. The Tagesschau news website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-said-suspected-of-attacks-on-german-synagogues-threat-to-local-jewish-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-said-suspected-of-attacks-on-german-synagogues-threat-to-local-jewish-leader\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2POWphiaBN40oSUhkgU1Vk\">Quote<\/a> An investigator saying \u201cwe\u2019re talking about state terrorism here.\u201d In France, Bernard Henri-L\u00e9vy was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/01\/iran-kidnapping-assassination-plots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/01\/iran-kidnapping-assassination-plots\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3q5pS07zdmh0Fh7H8BxT2_\">reportedly<\/a> Recently, the IRGC Quds Force was targeted. They allegedly offered $150,000 for an Iranian drug dealer. He in turn recruited other conspirators to kill him in Paris. These incidents occurred in France and Germany, and were clearly investigated. This could be sufficient to satisfy the EU threshold for terrorist designation.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">European officials can also look at how the EU imposed restrictions on Qassem Shahlai, Quds force officer Abdulreza Shahlai and Gholam Shakuri under terrorism authority in 2011. The U.S. government was officially declared terrorist on October 11, 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-men-charged-alleged-plot-assassinate-saudi-arabian-ambassador-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-men-charged-alleged-plot-assassinate-saudi-arabian-ambassador-united-states&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0_RCmF7UrjYWRM8duG0LX7\">Indicted<\/a> Shakuri and <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/tg1320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/tg1320&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3-kqeQHDIFYqmolVPUOqZ4\">implicated<\/a> Soleimani and Shahlai in an alleged plot to kill Saudi Arabia\u2019s ambassador to Washington by using explosives at a well known Georgetown restaurant. The Council of the European Union was established on October 22, 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/d8e4e80d-9143-4ab1-b21e-e28dd90aefb0\/language-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/d8e4e80d-9143-4ab1-b21e-e28dd90aefb0\/language-en&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1YRX_TnDnFkqJns88YcL9m\">Decent<\/a> All these men should be added to the EU terrorist list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/10\/21\/world\/meast\/eu-saudi-plot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/10\/21\/world\/meast\/eu-saudi-plot&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3w-UuQYfI78pMa2xvu1lOB\">Based<\/a> The U.S. investigation and indictment.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>IRGC Sanctions: Requirements Satisfied Already<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Authorities of EU member states appear to have conducted active investigations into IRGC activity. It is not unusual for the Council of the European Union, which relies on the United States to add individuals to its terror list, to do so. EU officials looking for a recent case involving IRGC will find one from last years, when the U.S. government was involved. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/member-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-irgc-charged-plot-murder-former-national\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/member-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-irgc-charged-plot-murder-former-national&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3AMG02lbbbWN_d8Gd2k2fU\">Charged<\/a> An alleged a href=&#8221; by a member from the IRGChttps:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/member-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-irgc-charged-plot-murder-former-national&#8221;>murder-for-hire scheme<\/a> John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to National Security.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a recently unsealed matter, there may be IRGC involvement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-charges-and-new-arrest-connection-assassination-plot-directed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-charges-and-new-arrest-connection-assassination-plot-directed&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PgdJU-WybaYEFCBtMsc8-\">Indictment<\/a> Three members of an Eastern European criminal organisation were charged in an Iran-linked plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad. Although it is unclear from the indictment itself which Iranian security organ was responsible for the alleged plot \u2014 the Ministry of Intelligence and Security or the Guard Corps \u2014 EU officials should seek information from their American counterparts as to whether there is an IRGC nexus.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Therefore, it is possible to argue that the legal requirements to add the IRGC on the EU terrorism list have been met. It was actually something that should have occurred years ago.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Iran\u2019s Regime Profits on European Soil<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some people argue that an EU terrorism designation for the IRGC would not be necessary, as the Guard Corps is already being designated. <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:195:0039:0073:en:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri%3DOJ:L:2010:195:0039:0073:en:PDF&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3Ij93EoiSd0smA7h-Oe8n4\">sanctioned<\/a>\u00a0under arms of mass destruction-related authorities. These sanctions are however <a href=\"https:\/\/2009-2017.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/245324.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/2009-2017.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/245324.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3BrUKpXSMkZy1tZHFasZ-3\">scheduled<\/a> To be <a href=\"https:\/\/2009-2017.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/245319.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/2009-2017.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/245319.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1OXB0Ch0RzzdV8oU7hFNS6\">Elevated<\/a> The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for this year&#8217;s October. Terrorism-related sanctions being imposed on the Guard Corps would therefore hollow out the promise of relief to guardsmen under a potentially revived nuclear accord, even though JCPOA seems dead in its 2015 form. The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> Separately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/european-support-grows-for-sanctioning-irans-revolutionary-guards-11674142863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/european-support-grows-for-sanctioning-irans-revolutionary-guards-11674142863&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983568000&#038;usg=AOvVaw307SV13Jt4wu2qN7KD_Lvk\">floated<\/a> An alternative option to sanctioning the Guard Corps is to do so under human rights-related authority. While the impact would be similar \u2014 asset freezes \u2014 the European Union should be sanctioning the guardsmen for multiple conduct-related offenses. This would help to harmonize transatlantic designations.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Furthermore, there is an important symbolic aspect to the IRGC\u2019s addition to the terrorism list. It would be joining an international hall of shame that includes the Islamic State. Many Iranian freedom fighters made this comparison with the Islamic State. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/nov\/18\/iranian-protesters-chant-anti-regime-slogans-at-boys-funeral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/nov\/18\/iranian-protesters-chant-anti-regime-slogans-at-boys-funeral&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0Kl4DTkTqVZT-bAXVSuVgJ\">Chants<\/a> During protests of \u201cBasij, Sepah (You are our ISIS).\u201d A terrorist designation would indicate that the major democracies around the world support the Iranian people and not their oppressors.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The problem goes on. A recent example of this is an Iranian businessman. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2023\/01\/13\/eu-mulls-adding-iran-s-revolutionary-guards-to-list-of-terrorist-groups_6011477_4.html?random=471961313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2023\/01\/13\/eu-mulls-adding-iran-s-revolutionary-guards-to-list-of-terrorist-groups_6011477_4.html?random%3D471961313&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1K9mkO-OVbQBb0kNVPMgOH\">Submitted<\/a> <em>Le Monde<\/em>, \u201cFormer Revolutionary Guards who have been out of uniform for years and travel to Europe, as well as their children, are the ones who keep the Iranian economy going. It is precisely this category that will be affected by this measure.\u201d Potential criminal penalties could also apply<br \/>Attached to the designation. Terrorist designations would have more than symbolic value. It would allow the European Union to send a signal to Tehran to say that things cannot continue as they are. Iran cannot use European soil for illicit wealth growth and structural corruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Failure to apply minimum pressure<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Andere may. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220420-biden-reluctant-to-remove-iran-s-revolutionary-guards-from-terror-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220420-biden-reluctant-to-remove-iran-s-revolutionary-guards-from-terror-list&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw05nu5V8I7DNUu7fTVCbVJT\">Compete<\/a> The Guard Corps may not need to be sanctioned in its entirety as a terrorist organisation. Only its Quds Force should. This artificial distinction is not necessary. In fact it was another division, the IRGC\u2019s Aerospace Force, which directly <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0443&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3WFphcyk4NG3KVYFA96BWN\">attacked<\/a> the Mercer Street merchant vessel with a lethal drone \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/19\/last-month-three-drones-attacked-an-israeli-tanker-heres-why-thats-something-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/19\/last-month-three-drones-attacked-an-israeli-tanker-heres-why-thats-something-new\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2FLOhOFbjDZxN7GRyKXuwv\">Shahed 136<\/a>This is the exact same model Iran transferred to Russia to use against Ukraine. Two European nationals were killed in that attack in July 2021. Indeed, the IRGC\u2019s Aerospace Force has been playing an increasingly direct and lethal role in extraterritorial operations. The IRGC also has other components, such as its Ground Force and Basij. <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/don%E2%80%99t-make-concessions-iran%E2%80%99s-islamic-revolutionary-guards-corps-202005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/don%25E2%2580%2599t-make-concessions-iran%25E2%2580%2599s-islamic-revolutionary-guards-corps-202005&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1TDXlWKkfPOCufDWfdohL-\">Support<\/a> Quds Force missions. This interoperability suggests that the IRGC should be designated as a terrorist organization across all branches.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Iranian system has reacted furiously to a call by the European Parliament for the Council of the European Union to add the IRGC to the EU\u2019s terrorist list. This shows how afraid the Iranian establishment is of being named. The IRGC was also designated by Washington as a foreign terrorist group in 2019. It culminated in an Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-iran-rouhani\/iran-designates-as-terrorists-all-u-s-troops-in-middle-east-idUSKCN1S61GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-iran-rouhani\/iran-designates-as-terrorists-all-u-s-troops-in-middle-east-idUSKCN1S61GB&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1K1I2ixs_bDEA10ZuAjfVA\">Sanction<\/a> U.S. Central Command is considered a terrorist organisation by the European Union. Expect a similar response. Despite all the doomsday and hysterical predictions, there was no war. In fact, it would not even be unprecedented for the European Union to add an Iranian state entity to its terrorism list \u2014 it did so in 2019 when it <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2022.025.01.0013.01.ENG&#038;toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A025%3ATOC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri%3Duriserv%253AOJ.L_.2022.025.01.0013.01.ENG%26toc%3DOJ%253AL%253A2022%253A025%253ATOC&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675021983569000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0EkzWB464h739H9tlX-wez\">Branded<\/a> the Directorate for Internal Security of Iran\u2019s Intelligence Ministry as a terrorist entity following a bomb plot outside Paris targeting an Iranian dissident rally.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The European Union&#8217;s long-standing engagement-heavy and pressure-light attitude towards Iran has not worked. It has not moderated Iranian decisions-making and Tehran has wasted and resisted the efforts of the bloc to revive JCPOA. This all counsels in favor of the European Union taking a more hardened approach to combatting the Islamic Republic\u2019s abuses.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Jason M. Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), is Jason M. Brodsky. His research specialties include Iranian leadership dynamics, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Iran\u2019s proxy and partner network.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU\u2019s foreign policy chief was dismissive in January when asked about adding Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the European Union\u2019s terrorist list. Josep Borrell was interviewed by the EU Foreign Affairs Council on January 1.\u00a0warned, \u201cIt is something that cannot be decided without a court decision first. 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