In an interview with The Financial Times, the EU’s coordinator for the talks on revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the removal of anti-Iran sanctions said that the nuclear deal is not dead, but the terrorist designation can make things more difficult.
"The JCPOA is not dead but it is completely stalled," said Borrell. "You can imagine that it would be increasingly blocked if [the terrorist designation] was done by other states . . . it would make things certainly more difficult."
According to The Financial Times, Borrell claimed, "If the Iranian regime is so bad . . . we have to try to avoid this kind of regime having a nuclear bomb", adding, "And I do not know another way of doing that than making the JCPOA work."
Paris and Berlin voiced their support for the measure in a meeting of foreign ministers last week, four officials with knowledge of the discussions told the Financial Times.
The EU’s legal service will draft an opinion for the bloc’s 27 capitals on the legality of the measure within the next three weeks, the magazine noted.
Borrell pointed to the Europeans' support for the resolution approved by the European Parliament against the IRGC, saying, “Yes, some member states are supporting this proposal,” and that “many would be in favor".
Borrell said these two issues [the JCPOA and the blacklisting of IRGC] were "certainly a political influence" on EU policy towards Iran, the magazine reported.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has warned against anti-IRGC provocations, arguing that the military entity is an official organization in the Islamic establishment; so any act against it would be contrary to the UN Charter.
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