UK bans support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Shabana Mahmood will use new powers to ban support for the group, which has been linked to death threats and intimidation on British soil.

U.K. links Iran to antisemitic attacks, calls IRGC terrorist group

The designation gives the government additional national security powers to tackle foreign threats under a new law.

By Adam Goldman

U.K. to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group

U.K. authorities have linked the IRGC and its proxies to a wave of violent plots on British soil.

By Greg Miller

UK to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organisation

Home Office announces ban on support for Iranian military group in escalation of diplomatic tensions with Tehran The UK will list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, ministers have announced, in a major escalation of the diplomatic tensions with Tehran. The Home Office said on Monday it would ban support for the IRGC, a central branch of the Iranian military, after years of political division over the issue. The move is equivalent to proscription, though not ...

By Kiran Stacey Policy editor

UK designates IRGC as terrorist organisation

The UK government has designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation under new powers.

UK bans support for Iran’s IRGC and a linked group over antisemitic attacks in Britain

Britain banned support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a linked group on Monday following a series of antisemitic attacks, using new powers designed to stop the use of state-sponsored proxies. The government and intelligence agencies have become increasingly ‌concerned about foreign powers paying organised crime groups or low-level criminals for surveillance, sabotage or other activities on their behalf. The ban follows attacks on Jewish-linked sites in London, includi...

By Reuters

UK proscribes Iran’s IRGC as terror group

Keir Starmer has ordered that Iran's IRGC is proscribed over 'threats to life and intimidation on UK soil'

By David Maddox

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UK bans Iran Revolutionary Guards, blames IRGC-backed group for attacks on Jews

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UK gov't proscribes IRGC as terrorist group after attacks on Jewish community

Ministers fast-tracked the National (State Threats) Bill, as promised by the prime minister. The existing legislation to proscribe terror groups did not extend to state-backed groups.

UK Plans To Ban Iran's Elite Guards Over Threat To National Security

The banned groups would also include proxies and volunteers of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, and the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right (IMCR), an Iran-linked group which has claimed attacks on Jewish properties in London.

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