Amir Ali Mohammadi Labbaf has been protesting outside the Chamber of Deputies for nine days, five of which he has now spent on hunger strike.

The wheelchair-bound Iranian man wants to talk to Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and have Luxembourg's decision-makers support a resolution by the EU parliament, which aims to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation.

Labbaf, who is also president of the Iranian Human Rights Committee, argued: "We know that Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union and can influence it. The country has sway over the decision-making process."

Labbaf has one condition for abandoning his hunger strike, and that is a conversation with PM Bettel. He explained that the politician passed him on Friday and told him that he would be back, which has not happened so far.

The Iranian has litte understanding for why anyone would doubt the EU resolution: "We know that Luxembourg supports human rights and provides humanitarian aid. I know that since I have already benefited from this support. I asked for asylum here due to human rights reasons. But this should not prevent me or anyone else from fighting for these values for others."

Last week, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn announced that Luxembourg is supporting a motion from Germany for a judicial opinion on the legality of labelling the Iranian Guard a terrorist organisation. The Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers will convene on Monday to discuss the issue.

On Thursday, MP Sven Clement from the Pirate Party filed a motion (LUX) to designate the Iranian Guard a terrorist organisation. Since the motion did not gather a majority of votes, it is now set to be discussed in a Chamber commission on Tuesday.

Labbaf's hunger strike follows a massive protest in Paris on Saturday in favour of labelling the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organisation.