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Call Iran's Revolutionary Guards What They Are: Terrorists
(Newsweek) Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou and Daniel Schwammenthal - Spearheaded by the Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI), 220 legislators from across Europe, the U.S., and Canada call for more consistency to curb the "growing threat to regional and global peace posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran." You cannot protect Ukrainian civilians without containing Russia's key ally and weapons supplier, Iran. You cannot call for peace in the Middle East without countering the region's biggest arsonist. And you cannot say you stand by the brave Iranian women and men fighting for freedom, and then refuse to punish their torturers. Foreign policy is often the difficult choice between morality and interests. No such dilemma exists in the case of Iran. Weakening the regime by designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization will not only make Ukraine, Europe, and the wider Middle East safer, but above all, it will aid the long-suffering people of Iran. Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou is a member of the European Parliament from Greece and president of the Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI). Daniel Schwammenthal is the director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute and TFI secretary general.