Costa, Bipartisan Coalition Urging the EU to Designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Terrorist Organization

WASHINGTON - Congressman Jim Costa and over 130 members sent a bipartisan letter urging the European Union (EU) to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

“We hope that in the upcoming meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council there will be due consideration on this very important and timely issue. For many years, the IRGC has supported and participated in numerous human rights abuses and terrorist activities, including the brutal crackdown of Iranian protestors following the murder of Mahsa Amini, the attempted assassination of European citizens, and the provision of hundreds of lethal drones to Russia.

“We strongly urge you, and your foreign affairs ministerial colleagues, to make the decision to fully sanction, penalize and delegitimize the IRGC, to help prevent them from further threatening democracy and freedom in the United States, Europe, and around the world,” the Members continued.

Read the full letter here.