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On Thursday, the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for additional pressure on the Iranian regime, including the formal designation of its Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> as a terrorist organization. MEPs voted overwhelmingly in favor of that designation a day earlier, with only nine opposing it, against 598. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, also voiced explicit support for sanctioning and proscribing the IRGC as a terrorist organization, following multiple appeals from European Union member states such as Germany.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The EU is scheduled to impose a new package of sanctions on Monday, its fourth since nationwide protests against the clerical regime broke out across Iran in mid-September. Tehran has cracked down fiercely on those protests, killing more than 750 individuals, including at least 70 children, according to the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization<\/a> of Iran. Western governments have predictably condemned the regime\u2019s human rights abuses but have been avoiding any measures stronger or more confrontational than the usual economic sanctions or vocal condemnations.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The<\/span> vast majority of protester deaths over the past four months can reportedly be attributed to the IRGC and its volunteer militia, the Basij. This is in keeping with reports from prior uprisings, including one in November 2019<\/a>, when approximately 1,500 protesters were killed in mass shooting incidents across the country. That earlier crackdown came about six months after the United States added the IRGC to its list of foreign terrorist organizations, prompting new discussions of similar proposals in both the European Union and the United Kingdom.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Yet even three years after the mass killings of November 2019 and four months into Iran\u2019s latest anti-government uprising, follow-through on those proposals remains uncertain. The British parliament held a debate on the topic last week, leading to reports of nearly universal support for IRGC terrorist designation. The government then signaled that it was taking the cross-party appeals into consideration, and various reports suggested that designation was forthcoming. But no formal announcement or timetable has yet been announced.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n #IRGC<\/a> funds #Terror<\/a> in #Syria<\/a>, #Iraq<\/a>, #Yemen<\/a>: #1 Iran New release on @Amazon<\/a> argues to #BlacklistIRGC<\/a> 2stop #Terror<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/I3JIbiM3na<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/D7tMyAWtFD<\/a><\/p>\n — NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) March 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n