Lithuania’s foreign minister says there's a 'growing consensus' among EU members to designate the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization over its military support for Russia in the Ukraine war.
: “There is a very serious conversation happening in Brussels about designating the IRGC as a terror organization," Landsbergis told Axios in an interview at the end of his trip to"There is a growing consensus towards this decision. There are practical and legal issues that need to be sorted out but I think we might be getting there," he added.The EU Parliament last month called for the European Union executive institutions to designate the IRGC as a terror organization.
IRGC commander Hussein Salami threatened earlier this week that Iran could increase the range of its weapons and target EU member states.: Last November, Landsbergis met with Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein, the Israeli ambassador to Vilnius, and said he wanted to visit Jerusalem to discuss strengthening cooperation between the countries on Iran, a senior Israeli foreign ministry official said.
Speaking to Axios, Landsbergis didn’t confirm or deny the content of the cable but stressed there is a need for the EU to take action to counter the Iranian threat against Europe. "There is a good opportunity for further cooperation. We want to exchange know-how and information about Iran," he said.
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