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The arrests come at a time of heightened regional tensions over fears of a possible US military strike on Iran. View on euronews
State media in Iran reported that the huge explosion claimed the life of a child and left 14 others injured in an eight-story residential building.
The European Union has designed Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation after the deadly crackdown against protester. The UK does not plan to follow suit. Follow the latest.
The bloc's foreign ministers are expected to make the symbolic move at a meeting, in response to the brutal clampdown on protests in Iran. Meanwhile, Brussels has imposed sanctions on 15 officials and six "entities.
Jangravi, 42, has barely spoken to family as the regime in Iran's blackout blocks most communications: "Help us."
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said "repression cannot go unanswered" as the bloc looked set to categorise the IRGC alongside Islamic State and al Qaeda.
The Times has verified videos of security forces’ opening fire on protesters in at least 19 cities and in at least six different neighborhoods in Tehran in early January.