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Multiple EU countries, including Germany, are pushing for the European Union to classify the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on the basis of a German court ruling, diplomats told dpa on Monday. Germany, among others, have asked EU legal officials to examine a Dusseldorf court ruling that found an Iranian state agency was responsible for an attempted arson attack on a synagogue. EU diplomats told dpa that the EU legal services confirmed that the judgement could be sufficient. Dpa learned about the move on the sidelines of an EU foreign ministers meeting in B…