TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday that any retaliatory measures, including a withdrawal of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), from Iran will be possible if Europe does not change its anti-Tehran positions.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made this in an interview with the official parliamentary news agency ICANA, in response to a question about whether Iran’s withdrawal from the NPT and the expulsion of the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be among Tehran’s retaliatory measures if the European Union (EU) blacklists Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist organization”.
The European Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution calling on the EU to designate the IRGC as a “terrorist group”.
Amir-Abdollahian described the European Parliament’s action as just a “show”, according to comments from his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, the Westerners are not trying to implement the resolution.
He noted that EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell also said in a phone call on Thursday that Europe does not seek to implement the resolution, which is only a reflection of the sentiments of some MEPs.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf vowed on Sunday that the legislative body will label European countries’ armies present in the Middle East region as “terrorist groups and organizations” if Europe blacklisted the IRGC, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Source: sn.dk