Europe puts Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on a terror list and that has major consequences

Imagine: you did your compulsory military service in Iran two years ago, are now studying in Delft and may be classified as a terrorist tomorrow. Not because you did anything, but because the EU now puts the Iranian Revolutionary Guards – which included almost every Iranian man at one time – on the same list as terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State. An Iran expert explains how much the Guard is intertwined with life in Iran and what the EU’s step means.

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