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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
George Lithgow

Government bans Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking at Downing Street (Suzanne Plunkett/PA) - (PA Wire)

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been labelled a threat to national security, with those carrying out acts of sabotage on their behalf facing life imprisonment, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The move is designed to tackle Iranian-backed groups recruiting criminals for acts targeting the Jewish community.

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