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UK Passes Bill to Designate IRGC, Hides Hezbollah Plot

6/26/2026

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The National Security (State Threats) Bill passed the House of Commons on 17 June, giving ministers power to designate state-linked groups including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to designate the IRGC after the April Golders Green attack and sent the bill to the Lords.
Authorities kept a 2015 Hezbollah-linked bomb plot in north-west London unnamed publicly.

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The National Security (State Threats) Bill passed the House of Commons on 17 June, giving ministers power to designate state-linked groups including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to designate the IRGC after the April Golders Green attack and sent the bill to the Lords.
Authorities kept a 2015 Hezbollah-linked bomb plot in north-west London unnamed publicly.