EP’s Blacklisting of IRGC Signifies Enemies’ Desperation: ICRO
The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling on the European Council and the EU member states to add the IRGC and its subsidiary forces, including the Basij and the IRGC Quds Force, to the EU “terrorist list”.
In a statement on Saturday, ICRO said blacklisting the sacred and popular institution is a sign of desperation and a demonstration of the West’s exploitative approach to human values and the issue of security in international system.
While Western countries have turned into a refuge for counter-revolutionary groups that have the blood of thousands of innocent Iranians on their hands, the West blacklists the heroes of fighting Takfiri terrorism, the statement said.
Adding the official armed force of a country to a list of “terrorist groups”, apart from running counter to legal and logical principles, shows lack of wisdom in analysis and decision-making in the European Parliament, it stated.
ICRO reiterated its full support for the IRGC and said hardware and software synergy in the Islamic Republic is the main approach to countering the enemies’ moves.
The move by the European Parliament has been strongly condemned by Iranian officials, commanders, and the Armed Forces.
The commander of IRGC blasted the move, warning that the Europeans will have to suffer the consequences of repeating their past mistakes as the continent owes its security to the IRGC.
Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks after a meeting on Saturday with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
Praising sacrifices made by the IRGC, particularly the IRGC’s Quds Force and its late commander General Qassem Soleimani, Salami said the top Iranian anti-terror icon “played the biggest and most leading role in eliminating [a manifestation of] worldwide terrorism,” referring to the Takfiri Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group.
“But for the IRGC’s endeavors, especially the Quds Force and the leadership of Martyr Soleimani, the volcano of terrorism created by the Americans would have engulfed the Europeans and the security that prevails in Europe today would have been destroyed,” the IRGC chief said.
“The fire [of terrorism] was reaching the edge of Europe and had it not been contained, it would have covered all the geographical levels of Europe; but the Europeans and Americans are accustomed to replacing executioner with martyr, and oppressor with oppressed," he added.
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