Politics
UK bans support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
July 13, 2026 at 01:32 PM · Updated 96d ago
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7 reports · 4 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 24 hours
MAMasrawy
إيران تدين بريطانيا لتصنيفها الحرس الثوري كتهديد أمني | مصراوي
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AJAl Jazeera English
UK to list Iran’s IRGC as ‘terror’ threat
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
عقوبة تصل إلى السجن 14 عاما.. بريطانيا تجرّم دعم الحرس الثوري الإيراني
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BABBC Arabic
بريطانيا تحظر الحرس الثوري الإيراني على خلفية "تهديدات وترهيب" داخل أراضيها - BBC News عربي
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BNBBC News
UK bans support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(opens the publisher’s site)SNSky News Arabia
بريطانيا تعلن حظر الحرس الثوري الإيراني
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TGThe Guardian
UK to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organisation
(opens the publisher’s site)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.