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Iran slams EU terror designation of IRGC as a ‘major strategic mistake’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTehran’s top diplomat slams the European Union’s decision to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a “terrorist organization” as a “major strategic mistake.”
“Several countries are presently attempting to avert the eruption of all-out war in our region. Europe is instead busy fanning the flames,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says in a post on X, as Iran faces off with the United States, which has moved a strike force to the Middle East.
“After pursuing ‘snapback’ at the behest of the US, it is now making another major strategic mistake by designating our National Military as a supposed ‘terrorist organization,'” he adds, referring to the return of UN sanctions on Iran triggered by key European powers last year.
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