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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Labour MPs hit out after minister U-turns on Labour pledge to proscribe Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Labour MPs have hit out at Sir Keir Starmer’s government over its refusal to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terror organisation in the wake of the bloodbath unfolding on the streets of Iran.

In 2023, foreign secretary Yvette Cooper – then the shadow home secretary – announced a Labour policy to proscribe the IRGC as criticism mounted over then Tory government’s refusal to do so.

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