150,000 troops, 2,500 missiles and its own navy and air force: this is the Revolutionary Guard, which Europe has now put on the international terrorist list

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have recently been placed on the European Union’s terrorist list. “Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working on its own downfall,” Kaja Kallas, the senior foreign policy representative, responded to X. But what exactly is the Revolutionary Guard? How powerful is the organization? And why are they so feared? We asked Middle East expert Koert Debeuf (VUB). “They don’t choose the people. Then they would overthrow themselves.”

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