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 diplomatic relations with Iran.

The IRGC was also proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the United States in 2019, becoming the first official body to be designated and prompting Iran to do the same for America's military.

BREAKING: The UK government has announced that it is using its new powers to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisationhttps://t.co/aX8QkafamP

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