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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Sunak faces new calls to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards after Israel attack

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps standing to attention during a drill
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps taking part in a drill. The IRGC was established after Iran’s 1979 revolution. Photograph: Wana News Agency/Reuters

Rishi Sunak is facing cross-party pressure to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group after Tehran’s assault on Israel over the weekend.

The shadow defence secretary, John Healey, and the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith accused the government of being slow to act in the face of evidence of a growing risk to UK interests.

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