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UK Weighs IRGC Proscription as Government Probes Legal Gaps

Ministers say current terror laws struggle with state‑backed groups, prompting consideration of changes or a new state‑threats tool.

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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a powerful arm of the Iranian regime and is said to pose a “serious threat” to UK national security
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Overview

  • Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said an independent review by Jonathan Hall KC found gaps in proscription powers and that ministers intend to respond.
  • Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is assessing options, while Business Secretary Peter Kyle declined to back an immediate designation despite public urging from the United States.
  • Cross‑party politicians joined more than 1,000 demonstrators in London calling for the IRGC to be banned as a terrorist organization.
  • Human rights monitors report hundreds of protesters killed and thousands detained in Iran, with the IRGC leading the crackdown and enforcing internet blackouts.
  • The IRGC is already designated or proscribed by the US, Canada and Sweden, and UK security services have linked it to assassination and intimidation plots targeting dissidents in Britain.