France Backs EU Plan to List Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as Terrorist Group France announced its support for designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. This move aligns with upcoming EU foreign minister meetings to approve new sanctions against Iran. The sanctions are a response to the Iranian regime’s violent crackdown on ongoing protests.

• France will support listing Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist organization.
• EU foreign ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels to approve new sanctions on Iran.
• The sanctions are in response to the Iranian regime’s suppression of nationwide protests.
• French Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated Paris’s backing for the designation.
• Barrot emphasized that the repression of peaceful protests cannot go unanswered.