Slow in the EU for terrorist classification of the Iranian Guard

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full screen Foreign Minister Tobias Billström on his way to Monday’s EU meeting in Luxembourg. Photo: Wiktor Nummelin/TT

More EU sanctions are underway against Iran after the major attack against Israel. But classifying the country’s revolutionary guard as a terrorist is slow, despite several demands from member states.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell hopes for a quick agreement on the sanctions package.

– It is above all about the spread of drones from Iranian factories, says Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M) on his way to the EU’s foreign ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg on Monday.

Outside, a demonstration is planned with demands for terrorist classification by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (abbreviated IRGC in English). Although there is still a long way to go within the EU, mainly with reference to the fact that there is no specific terrorist target against the Guard to refer to.

– We have raised this issue repeatedly in the Council (EU ministerial meeting) and discussed with the High Representative (Borrell). At the moment, he does not see any possibility of going forward, because the legal basis for this does not exist. But we are of course open to continuing this discussion. We will work on the government’s side for a terrorist classification of the IRGC, says Billström.