Iran's IRGC: the feared 'Pasdaran' set for EU terror listing

The EU is expected on Thursday to agree to list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation, which would match similar classification enacted by the United States, Canada and Australia Rights groups have accused the Guards of taking a lead role in the deadly crackdown on protests against Iran's clerical leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that has left thousands dead. "The intolerable repression of the peaceful uprising of the Iranian people cannot go unanswered," said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel...