The European Union will impose new sanctions on 37 Iranian individuals or entities involved in the crackdown on protests, but has not yet taken a decision on listing the Revolutionary Guards as a "terrorist" group, the report said. said several diplomats on Friday.

The new individual sanctions are to be adopted on Monday during the meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.

"A signal will be sent to Tehran with this new set of sanctions," said a diplomat.

The Iranian regime has been cracking down violently on protests since the September 16 death of a young Iranian Kurd, Mahsa Amini, 22, after her arrest in Tehran for failing to follow the Islamic Republic's strict dress rules. .

According to the United Nations, at least 14,000 people have been arrested and the Iranian authorities have had four people executed.

Eighteen others were sentenced to death, sparking widespread outrage from the international community.

The Revolutionary Guards still on file as "terrorists"

The European Union has already imposed asset freezes and visa bans on more than 60 Iranian officials and entities due to the crackdown on protests.

It has notably targeted Tehran's "morals police", commanders of the Revolutionary Guard Corps and state media.

The European deputies asked Thursday by a large majority for the registration of the Guardians of the Revolution on the list of terrorist organizations, but the 27 have not yet started the process.

A member state must convict the Revolutionary Guards for a terrorist act in order to initiate the procedure.

“We are waiting for the authorities of a member state to take the decision in order to be able to start the discussion within the Council of Ministers, which will have to decide unanimously”, explained Friday the spokesman for the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.

None of the 27 members of the EU has embarked on this path, diplomatic sources have pointed out.



Such a move risks ending EU-coordinated attempts to revive the 2015 deal on Tehran's nuclear program, warn many EU officials.

"I think it's not a good idea, because it prevents you from moving forward on other issues," said a senior EU official on Friday.

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