00:00Hailed as a decisive step, EU foreign...
00:05Foreign ministers on Thursday unanimously decided to list Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
00:10as a terrorist organization.
00:12This will put them on the same footing with the...
00:15Bangladesh, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda.
00:19Those who...
00:20Operate through terror must be treated as terrorists.
00:24The decision...
00:25Biden comes amid a brutal crackdown by the Iranian regime on anti-government protesters.
00:30The EU also sanctioned 21 Iranian officials and entities over...
00:35the repression.
00:36Rights groups have warned that as many as tens of thousands of people have...
00:40been killed under the cover of an internet blackout, adding that the Revolutionary Guards
00:45are among security forces that have directly fired on demonstrators.
00:50Iran's Foreign Minister slammed the EU decision on social media...
00:55calling it a major strategic mistake.
00:58Several countries are presently...
01:00attempting to avert the eruption of all-out war in our region.
01:03None of them are European.
01:05Europe is instead busy fanning the flames.
01:08Europe's PR stunt mainly seeks to...
01:10cloak that it is an actor in severe decline.
01:13While the bloc's designation...
01:15is symbolic, one analyst told France 24 it crosses a regime red line.
01:20One has to remember that the Iranian regime feels increasingly cornered.
01:25and could now do things that are much more reckless because it increasingly has...
01:30less to lose.
01:31less to lose.
01:32And therefore, European citizens in Iran...
01:35tourists, academics could all be in danger.
01:40US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with an attack...
01:43if it doesn't come to the negotiations...
01:45negotiating table...
01:46asked on Thursday...
01:47whether the EU would back US strikes...
01:50and policy chief Kaya Kaya.
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