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Iran’s attacks expose the IRGC threat Europe can no longer ignore

The EU has finally proscribed Tehran’s state terror army; it must now freeze assets, expel agents and align with US sanctions – and the UK should follow

By Julie Fishman Rayman

3 min read

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Iranian security chief Larijani ‘killed in IDF strike’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Al Quds Day rally on March 15, 2026 in London (Image: Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

The UK’s Iran policy is stuck in appeasement

4 min read

IRGC parade in Tehran on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

Iran’s war across Europe –complacency must finally end

6 min read

Mojtaba Khamenei (centre), new Supreme Leader after death of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Rouzbeh Fouladi / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Sanctions

Impose Russia-style sanctions on Iran to stop UK being haven for ‘blood money’, government urged

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

A US counterterrorism police officer (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Iran War

Fears that Iran may have activated ‘sleeper cells’ around the world

By Mark Wood

1 min read

IRGC/Basij parade in Tehran on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Roger Macmillan

Khamenei’s death leaves the IRGC stronger – the UK must finally proscribe it

3 min read

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By Kasra Aarabi

To topple the Islamic Republic, dismantle the IRGC machinery of repression

There are about 200,000 highly radicalised and armed members that make up this core suppressive force, with at least 50,000 in Tehran alone

5 min read

March 5, 2026 14:22

Members of the Basij militia march in a parade at a Revolutionary Guards base in northeastern Tehran (Image: Getty)

US eliminates IRGC commander behind Trump assassination plot

War Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon that on Tuesday, the US ‘hunted down and killed’ the Iranian official responsible

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 4, 2026 14:53

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gives a press conference at the Pentagon on March 4, 2026 (YouTube/ABCNews)

Jewish leaders call on government to take ‘clear and robust’ action against Iran

UK approach ‘is a matter of serious concern,’ say JLC as it urges government to tackle Iran threat

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

March 3, 2026 18:01

Basij militants, wearing military uniforms, hold AK-47s and the flags of Hezbollah and Iran during a parade on January 10, 2025 (Getty Images)

Starmer faces fresh criticism over failure to proscribe IRGC after EU adds group to terrorist list

Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel questioned why the government had not made good on its pledge to outlaw the IRGC while in opposition

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

February 23, 2026 17:24

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel (Photo: Getty)

By Kasra Aarabi

Britain is isolated in its failure to ban the IRGC – putting national security at risk

There should be little doubt that Iran’s future leaders will reward those who stood with the people against the tyrannical ayatollah and remember those who failed to act

4 min read

February 4, 2026 09:45

IRGC-Basij parade in Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

UK’s independent reviewer of terror laws urges ‘immediate’ ban on IRGC

Hi recommendation is ‘based on a genuine need’, says Jonathan Hall KC

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

January 30, 2026 13:13

A protester holds up a placard calling for the proscription of the IRGC at a demonstration held in solidarity with Iranians in London on January 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years over Iran-backed plot to kill US-based dissident

Carlisle Rivera conspired to assassinate Masih Alinejad on behalf of the IRGC in return for $100,000

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

January 29, 2026 14:37

Masih Alinejad speaks on stage in Washington, DC at The Atlantic Festival 2024 (Getty Images)

EU set to list IRGC as terror group

The bloc is preparing to implement stringent new sanctions on Tehran following a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 29, 2026 10:26

EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to journalists upon arrival for a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

Shut down Iran-linked London school where pupils sang about killing Jews, Government urged

School accused of ‘poisoning children with hateful propaganda’ continues to operate amid regime’s violent crackdown on protest

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

January 28, 2026 14:50

Shut down Iran-linked London school where pupils sang about killing Jews, Government urged

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IRGC

Iran’s attacks expose the IRGC threat Europe can no longer ignore

Iranian security chief Larijani ‘killed in IDF strike’

The UK’s Iran policy is stuck in appeasement

Iran’s war across Europe –complacency must finally end

Impose Russia-style sanctions on Iran to stop UK being haven for ‘blood money’, government urged

Fears that Iran may have activated ‘sleeper cells’ around the world

Khamenei’s death leaves the IRGC stronger – the UK must finally proscribe it

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