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Canada proscribes IRGC as terror group

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the Iranian regime had shown a ‘willingness to destabilise’ the international order

By Felix Pope

2 min read

The Iranian government condemned Canada's move as 'an unwise and unconventional politically-motivated step' (Photo: Hossein Beris//AFP via Getty Images)

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military personnel parade under an Iranian Kheibar Shekan Ballistic missile in Tehran during a rally commemorating the International Quds Day, also known as the Jerusalem day, on 29 April 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

By Kasra Aarabi

Proscribing the IRGC will be Starmer’s first real test

3 min read

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Jews in Iran ‘shocked and angered’ about looming execution of young Jewish man

By Karmel Melamed

6 min read

The IRGC - one of its units is seen here on parade in Tehran - both operates conventional armed forces and backs terror groups (Photo Atta Kenare /AFP via Getty Images)

By David Rose

The US designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation five years ago – and it’s time we followed suit

3 min read

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Peers and MPs demand Sunak proscribe the IRGC as a terror group

By David Rose

2 min read

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Meet the Iran regime’s Shia supremacists pushing for an end-of-days showdown with Israel

By Felix Pope

1 min read

Iranians celebrate their government's missile and drone attack against Israel (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP)

By Richard Goldberg

The path that led to Iran’s attack on Israel was one of US appeasement

3 min read

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By The JC Leader

The case for banning the IRGC is now overwhelming

The JC Leader, 19 April 2024

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April 16, 2024 10:45

Iranians celebrate following Iran's missiles and drones attack on Israel, on 15 April 15 2024 (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Lord Cameron resists calls to proscribe the IRGC in wake of Iran attack

The Board of Deputies has called for the military force to be outlawed in Britain following Iran’s attack against Israel

By Felix Pope

2 min read

April 15, 2024 15:09

An Iranian government supporter holds a photo of Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of the IRGC's Quds Forces, as he celebrates an attack against Israel (Photo: Hossein Beris/AFP)

Biden will not support Israeli retaliation against Iran

The US president is reported to have told Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘Take the win’

By Felix Pope

2 min read

April 14, 2024 12:31

U.S. President Biden has reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu that the U.S. would not support Israel if it retaliated against the Iranian attacks on Saturday night (Photo: Getty Images)

Top Iranian commander killed in alleged Israeli strike in Damascus

A building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus was reportedly targeted by the IDF

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 1, 2024 17:17

Emergency and security personnel work at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. Syrian state media said Israeli strikes hit an Iranian consular annex in the capital on April 1, while a war monitor reported eight people were killed and Iranian state media said a senior commander of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was among the dead, amid rising regional tensions due to the Gaza war. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel reportedly behind gas pipeline attacks in Iran

The IRGC military strategist said Iran held Israel responsible given the complexity and size of the operation

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 19, 2024 09:36

A view taken 24 January 2002 of the South Pars gas refinery in the port of Asaluyeh, some 250km south of Shiraz. (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)

UK government announces fresh Iran sanctions over IRGC London plot

Senior officials and a crime boss have been targeted for asset freezes

By Felix Pope

1 min read

January 29, 2024 16:25

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel are march at a military rally in Tehran (Photo: Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/Middle East Images via AFP)

UK facing increased terror threat from Iran after Hamas attack on Israel, says MI5 boss

Director general Ken McCallum singled out the Middle East nation as a cause for concern

By Richard Percival

2 min read

October 18, 2023 09:54

UK facing increased terror threat from Iran after Hamas attack on Israel, says MI5 boss

Ed Davey urges Rishi Sunak to ban Iran's IRGC in the UK after Hamas thanked the group

The government has come under mounting pressure this year to designate the IRGC a terror group, making it illegal to be a member or supporter in the UK

By Katie Grant

1 min read

October 13, 2023 10:30

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, takes a question and answer session at Bournemouth International Centre on September 24, 2023 in Bournemouth, England. The Liberal Democrats are the third largest political party by number of votes in the UK. Led by Ed Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, they campaign on seven core values: liberty, equality, democracy, community, human rights, internationalism, and environmentalism. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

By Azeem Ibrahim

Why isn’t the IRGC proscribed alongside the Wagner Group?

The Iranian terror organisation’s reach and danger is far greater than the Russian mercenary group, but we refuse to ban it

5 min read

October 12, 2023 11:25

Why isn’t the IRGC proscribed alongside the Wagner Group?

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Canada proscribes IRGC as terror group

Proscribing the IRGC will be Starmer’s first real test

Jews in Iran ‘shocked and angered’ about looming execution of young Jewish man

The US designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation five years ago – and it’s time we followed suit

Peers and MPs demand Sunak proscribe the IRGC as a terror group

Meet the Iran regime’s Shia supremacists pushing for an end-of-days showdown with Israel

The path that led to Iran’s attack on Israel was one of US appeasement

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