The European Union agreed Thursday to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist organization” over a deadly crackdown on mass protests, sending a powerful message of condemnation to Tehran.

“This was long overdue,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen posted online after foreign ministers from the bloc took the decision.

“‘Terrorist’ is indeed how you call a regime that crushes its own people’s protests in blood.”

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