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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Government open to law change amid calls to proscribe Iranian military branch

People taking part in a demonstration in Whitehall to show solidarity with the protests in Iran (Ben Bauer/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government is willing to consider making changes to UK terror law that would enable it to ban the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a minister has said.

Trade Secretary Peter Kyle admitted that proscribing the Iranian military branch would not be “appropriate” under existing domestic legislation but that ministers were committed to supporting the country’s citizens as they face brutal government suppression.

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