"If you behave like a terrorist, you should also be treated like a terrorist," Kallas told a press conference in Brussels on Thursday morning.
The announcement comes after countries such as France and Italy dropped their opposition to the terror designation, having previously argued that such a move would limit the possibilities for diplomatic contacts with Iran.
Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) is looking forward to a listing.
"I really hope that we will reach our goal today. It is a very clear political signal - and it is important. It is obvious that it is disturbing, and that is good, because it must have an effect when such serious violence is used against these demonstrators," she says on her way to the foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.
Symbolic value
Labeling the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group means that it ends up in the same category as, for example, al-Qaeda and ISIS.
In practical terms, however, the listing does not make much difference, since EU sanctions in the form of frozen assets and travel bans are already in place against the organization.
Instead, the symbolic value is emphasized.
"The political signal at this point should not be underestimated. We are showing that the world is seeing the terrible abuses that the regime is committing in Iran," says Malmer Stenergard.
Fleet on the way
Iran's relationship with the West is complex, partly because the theocratic regime is suspected of developing nuclear weapons. In recent weeks, the country has been shaken by popular protests, during which the internet has been shut down and thousands of people have been killed in massacres, according to exile organizations.
US President Donald Trump has threatened action against the regime due to the violence used against protesters and has announced that a "massive war fleet" is on its way to Iran.
The Revolutionary Guard consists of ground forces, an air force and a navy, but also an intelligence service and the infamous Basij militia and the Quds Force, which is responsible for operations abroad. It was formed shortly after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, primarily to protect the then-new religious state from possible coup attempts. The Guard is also loyal to the religious regime.
