UK bans support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
UK bans support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the IRGC will be designated a threat to national security, making support an offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
- Mahmood announced the IRGC will be designated a threat to national security under new government powers.
- Support for the IRGC, including expressing a positive opinion or assisting them, will be an offence carrying up to 14 years in prison.
- Two other groups were also proscribed: the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right and the volunteer corps of Russia's GRU.
- Starmer said the government will not allow Britain to be a playground for states seeking to spread fear and violence, and new powers will ease prosecution.
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