The EU will impose new sanctions on 37 Iranian officers and organisations over the crackdown on protests, however remains to be debating itemizing the Revolutionary Guard as a “terrorist” group, diplomats said Friday.

Foreign ministers from the bloc are to agree to adopt the fourth package of sanctions on Tehran over its repression of demonstrators at an already-scheduled meeting in Brussels on Monday.

Demonstrations have swept Iran since the September 16 death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, after her arrest in Tehran for allegedly failing to adhere to the Islamic republic’s strict dress rules.

Iran has arrested at least 14,000 people in the wave of protests, according to the United Nations.

Authorities have executed four people for their role in the unrest and imposed the death penalty on a total of 18, triggering widespread international outrage.

The EU has already imposed asset freezes and visa bans on more than 60 Iranian officials and entities over the crackdown on protestors, including targeting Tehran’s “morality police”, Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and state media.

But the 27-nation EU has up to now stopped wanting blacklisting the Revolutionary Guard itself as a terror group regardless of calls from Germany and different member states to take the step.

Iran has warned the bloc towards taking the transfer and EU officers are cautious that it may kill off stalled makes an attempt to revive the 2015 deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme being mediated by Brussels.

“I feel it’s not a good suggestion as a result of it prevents you from going forward in different points,” a senior EU official said.

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