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Labour MPs Demand Action Against Iran's IRGC Terror Threat

1/13/2026

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Labour MPs criticize Sir Keir Starmer's government for not proscribing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization amid violence.
In 2023, then-shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper supported proscribing the IRGC.
Business secretary Peter Kyle says sanctions have been fully utilized and no further action will follow.
MPs David Taylor and Mark Sewards call for urgent legislation to address the IRGC threat.
Activists intensify pressure for policy change.

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Labour MPs criticize Sir Keir Starmer's government for not proscribing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization amid violence.
In 2023, then-shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper supported proscribing the IRGC.
Business secretary Peter Kyle says sanctions have been fully utilized and no further action will follow.
MPs David Taylor and Mark Sewards call for urgent legislation to address the IRGC threat.
Activists intensify pressure for policy change.