Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called on France to back the European Union in designating the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, he said on X/Twitter on Wednesday.
Sa’ar said the request was made during a conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.
“For decades, the IRGC has acted to spread terror and destabilization in the Middle East and beyond,” Sa’ar wrote. He added that the organization is now “leading the murderous repression of the Iranian people, who are fighting for their freedom.”
Sa’ar said that an EU designation “would be both a moral and an effective step, and would send a clear message to the Iranian people: We hear your voice. You are not alone.”
France summons Iranian envoy over 'unbearable, inhumane' regime crackdown
On Tuesday, the French foreign ministry summoned its nation’s Iranian ambassador as worldwide concern spread over the Iranian regime’s treatment of domestic protests.
Barrot described the regime’s attempts to violently crack down on protests as "unbearable and inhumane" while speaking to the French parliament.
Barrot announced that he had communicated the condemnation to his Iranian counterpart and stated that the sentiment “will be reiterated to the Iranian ambassador in Paris," whom Barrot stated that he summoned on Thursday.
"There can be no impunity for those who turned their weapons against peaceful protesters,” Barrot announced.
Goldie Katz contributed to this report.