The Lithuanian Parliament Lists IRGC as a Terror Organization

The Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament, on Thursday, October 3, passed a resolution designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, Lithuanian media reported.

On Friday, Conservative MP Emanuelis Zingeris told a press conference, “We were the first among EU parliaments to declare this (...). We recognize the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Starting yesterday, our Interior Ministry must monitor whether members of this terrorist organization are crossing our borders.”

The country called on the European Union to follow suit, according to Lithuanian media. The parliament “calls on the EU, together with its partner countries, to adopt new sanctions packages against Iran, targeting individuals and companies involved in the development and transfer of Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programs to Russia and terrorist organizations, as well as imposing restrictive measures on Iran’s aviation sector.”

“For more than 40 years now, the current government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which came to power undemocratically during the 1979 revolution, has systematically carried out repression, pursued discriminatory policies against women, violated the rights of its citizens, as well as human rights, and cracked down on protesters,” the resolution continued. (INN / VFI News)

“Our Heavenly Father, we pray that You prevent Iran from acquiring more power and inflicting additional harm on our people and the Middle East. We pray that all Western powers come together to regulate it and help its citizens who are also devastated by its authoritarian leadership.”