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'EU must step up action!' - Metsola demands IRGC 'terrorist' designation, warns US off Greenland control

'EU must step up action!' - Metsola demands IRGC 'terrorist' designation, warns US off Greenland control

"European Parliament President Roberta Metsola called on the EU to act against the violence in Iran during a joint press conference with the Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker in Vienna on Friday, urging the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a 'terrorist' organisation. "We are appalled by the deadly force used by the Iranian regime against the brave Iranians marching in the streets for their liberties and for their rights. This must stop, and at a European Union level, we must step up our action," Metsola stated. "Our House of democracy will not be used to aid the legitimisation of a regime that uses abuse and violence to stay in power. It is high time for freedom in Iran," she continued. Since late December, Iran has been witnessing protests in Tehran and other cities, driven by worsening economic conditions and the sharp fall of the Iranian rial against the US dollar. Demonstrations have included riots and vandalism targeting public property. The Iranian president accused what he called 'the enemy' of bringing terrorists in from abroad. Metsola then warned that the EU will not back down in defending Denmark and Greenland's sovereignty against renewed US interest in the island. "We keep calm, we keep rational, and we keep pragmatic, basing everything on the principle of nothing about Greenland without Greenland or Denmark," she explained. It comes after Trump reiterated on Wednesday that he 'needed' Greenland for 'national security', after the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland held crunch talks with Marco Rubio and JD Vance. Earlier, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen appeared to accuse the US of lying about 'Chinese warships' near Greenland, saying it was 'not a true narrative'. This week, the UK, France and Germany discussed deploying NATO troops to the region, which some media reports suggested was about 'easing Trump's security fears' and others claimed that it was about 'deterring' the US president."