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House of Lords

Lords vote in favour of IRGC ban

Peers back amendment to Crime and Policing Bill that would proscribe the Shia militia

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 10: Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force march during the force parade during military manoeuvres on January 10, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij, a paramilitary group that has played a prominent role in suppressing protests, held military manoeuvres in the Iranian capital. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

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Exclusive: Jerusalem urges Britain to ban IRGC amid terror warnings

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Iran

Press TV accused of operating Iranian ‘spy recruitment hub’ in London

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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Former intelligence chiefs urge the government to proscribe the IRGC

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Question on March 25, 2026 (Parliament TV)

Prime Minister's Questions

Starmer labels Israeli settlements ‘flagrant breach of international law’ and backs labelling of products

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

By Dame Louise Ellman

Britain must finally proscribe Iran’s IRGC

3 min read

Suella Braverman

Britain has a fifth column says Suella Braverman on visit to Hatzola aftermath

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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By Julie Fishman Rayman

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

3 min read

March 18, 2026 17:34

A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. (Image: Getty)

Iranian security chief Larijani ‘killed in IDF strike’

A separate strike also reportedly eliminated the leadership of one of the IRGC’s key paramilitaries

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 10:36

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

By Jake Wallis Simons

The UK’s Iran policy is stuck in appeasement

The sight of Foreign Office officials celebrating the Islamic Republic’s revolution at its London embassy – alongside Britain’s failure to proscribe the IRGC – reveals a dangerous softness towards Tehran

4 min read

March 16, 2026 12:15

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

By Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

Iran’s war across Europe –complacency must finally end

The diplomatic leverage that once gave the Islamic Republic reason to calibrate – to keep its plots below the threshold of open confrontation – no longer applies

6 min read

March 13, 2026 14:32

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

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

Call to widen measures against Islamic Republic comes after new Supreme Leader revealed to hold £100m London property empire

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

March 13, 2026 11:06

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

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

US law enforcement agencies have received an alert regarding suspected trigger messages of Iranian origin

By Mark Wood

1 min read

March 9, 2026 18:08

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

By Roger Macmillan

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

Britain’s response to January’s repression has been limited to condemnations and incremental sanctions – measures which risk looking inadequate in the face of such an extraordinary rupture

3 min read

March 9, 2026 13:20