Iran summons EU ambassadors to protest Revolutionary Guard being listed as terror group

Iran said Monday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the blocs listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. The EU listed the Guard as a terror group last week over its part in the bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in January.

Iran said Monday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc's listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told journalists that the ambassadors had been summoned on Sunday. The EU listed the Guard as a terror group last week over its part in the bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in January.