Iran This Monday morning he called all the EU ambassadors to consultations in protest of the appointment, on Thursday of last week, of the Revolutionary Guard as a “terrorist group.”
This guard is the elite Praetorian group within the Islamic Republicin charge of protecting the system that governs the Persian country since the Islamic revolution of 1979. It has members mainly in the armed forces but not alone. Established as a horizontal council under direct orders from the supreme leader, the Avoid ali jameneícontrols the upper echelons of economic and political power in the Persian country.
He also directs the basij forcesthe paramilitary group traditionally in charge of violently repressing any wave of protest. This January, with a confirmed death toll of 6.700is no exception.
“We are reviewing a series of actions and options, which have already been sent to the decision-making bodies. In the coming days we will make a decision on a reciprocal action of the Islamic Republic of Iran against this illegal, erroneous and irrational movement of the European Union (EU)”The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry declared this Monday, Esmael Baghaei.
This Sunday, in fact, the Parliament of the Persian country – whose parliamentarians dressed in the uniform of the Revolutionary Guard – declared to all armies of EU countries as “terrorist organisations”. Brussels recognized the guard as terrorists for their “responsibility” in the violence against protesters, especially during January 8 and 9, when police and basijis fired with real fire against participants in protests throughout the country.
Since then, Iran has returned to normal, although with asterisks: much of the internet remains blocked, and the country looms constant threat of a possible American attack, not ruled out by a US president, Donald Trumpwhich however claims to be already negotiating with Tehran.
Brokered talks
Since the end of last week, regional diplomacy has reached boiling point, with constant calls, announcements and declarations of Türkiye, Qatar, Egypt and Saudi Arabiacountries that try to mediate between Washington and Iran to avoid a conflict that threatens everything Near East.
“Diplomacy is underway. For the talks to begin, our position is that there should be no preconditions. We are ready to show flexibility in the uranium enrichmentincluding the delivery of 400 kilos of enriched uranium and agree not to enrich more in the future,” an anonymous Iranian source told the agency. Reuters.
This same source, in fact, assures that a first meeting between the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchiand Trump’s chief negotiator, Steven Witkoffcould happen this Tuesday or this week in Türkiye. “But Iran is not willing to give up its system of ballistic missiles”continued the source, who said that the regime, in any case, demands that the US fleet in the region withdraw before sitting down at the negotiating table.
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