New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- European Union foreign ministers have agreed to add Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the bloc's list of terrorist organisations, marking a major escalation in Brussels' response to Tehran's violent crackdown on protesters.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed the decision on Thursday (January 29) in a post on social media platform X.

"EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation. Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise," Kallas said.

Alongside the designation, EU foreign ministers adopted a fresh round of sanctions targeting individuals and entities linked to the repressio...