Overview

• Over 550 MPs and peers have called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.
• The Home Office is set to release a report proposing a new legal framework to address state-linked groups like the IRGC without using the Terrorism Act.
• Three Iranian nationals charged under the National Security Act in London are accused of assisting Tehran’s intelligence service, highlighting security threats on UK soil.
• The IRGC’s role in domestic repression, including enforcing Iran’s mandatory hijab law and suppressing protests, has intensified calls for accountability.
• Previous UK resistance to proscribing the IRGC due to diplomatic concerns is shifting as security threats and political consensus grow.