GOP senators urge EU to designate IRGC as terror group
Letter to EU calls for sanctions against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps for selling drones to Russia and 'sowing terror in the West.'
Israel National News
Twelve Republican senators called on the European Union to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity on Wednesday, warning in a letter to EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell of the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ continued support for “Russian war crimes in Ukraine” and the Iranian government’s “goal of sowing terror in the West.”
The senators, led by Senator James Risch (R-ID), the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted that the US designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in April 2019 due to its global acts of terror, violations of the laws of armed conflict, assassination attempts, and support for regional terror proxies. The designation led to US sanctions that severely curtailed the group’s ability to access American markets.
“EU markets, absent a terror designation, remain viable sources of IRGC income,” the letter said. The senators criticized the European Commission’s argument that the EU does not have enough evidence to ban the IRGC.
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Letter to EU calls for sanctions against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps for selling drones to Russia and 'sowing terror in the West.'
Israel National News
Twelve Republican senators called on the European Union to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity on Wednesday, warning in a letter to EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell of the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ continued support for “Russian war crimes in Ukraine” and the Iranian government’s “goal of sowing terror in the West.”
The senators, led by Senator James Risch (R-ID), the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted that the US designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in April 2019 due to its global acts of terror, violations of the laws of armed conflict, assassination attempts, and support for regional terror proxies. The designation led to US sanctions that severely curtailed the group’s ability to access American markets.
“EU markets, absent a terror designation, remain viable sources of IRGC income,” the letter said. The senators criticized the European Commission’s argument that the EU does not have enough evidence to ban the IRGC.
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