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EU's Kallas: We expect to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation

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The European Union will most likely include Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terrorist organisations, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday ahead of a foreign affairs ministers council.

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas, ReutersYves Herman

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas, ReutersYves Herman

The European Union will most likely include Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terrorist organisations, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday ahead of a foreign affairs ministers council.

"We are putting new sanctions on Iran and I also expect we will list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist list," she said.

Reporting by Lili Bayer and Benoit Van Overstraeten

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