The UK government has designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation under new powers. London debuts new powers targeting state proxies after accusing Iranian outfit of engineering anti-Semitic attacks. Home Office announces ban on support for Iranian military group in escalation of diplomatic tensions with TehranThe 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…
UK proscribes Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist organisation Britain has proscribed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, according to reports from Sky News on Monday. The designation will make the IRGC the first state agency to be classified by the UK as a terrorist organisation, a move which was previously ruled out by the government who sought to retain diplomat…
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