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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Labour unlikely to rush into proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards participate in a military parade in Tehran.
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards participate in a military parade in Tehran. Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

Labour is unlikely to rush into proscribing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and will instead examine whether a new category of state-backed terrorism needs to be devised.

David Lammy, the foreign secretary, will also consult colleagues on the implications for Iranian foreign policy of the election at the weekend of a reformist-backed president, Masoud Pezeshkian.

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