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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Hundreds of MPs and peers call for Starmer to ban Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls from hundreds of MPs and peers to ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) amid a deteriorating human rights picture in the UK and after three Iranian men were charged with spying in London.

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock is among those urging the prime minister to outlaw the IRGC, warning “the human rights crisis in Iran continues to worsen”.

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