UK targets Iran’s IRGC as a national-security threat under new laws
Britain is submitting draft regulations to Parliament to criminalize support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and designate it as a national-security threat under new powers aimed at foreign state proxies. The move, which could carry life imprisonment for acts of support or sponsorship, follows a wave of anti-Semitic attacks in the UK and accompanies listings of Iran-backed IMCR and Russia’s GRU, signaling a tougher stance on foreign interference and proxy groups amid UK–Iran tensions.