The European Parliament is mounting pressure to list Iran's elite paramilitary group, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.
"The European Poland parliament is calling for tougher sanctions," Roberta Metsola, president of the parliament, told reporters on Tuesday (20 January).
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.
Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.