UK to declare Iran’s IRGC a terror organisation after rise in antisemitic attacks
Britain is set to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation and impose sanctions on the paramilitary force.
Uniformed members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps wave a Shiite religious flag during the funeral procession of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo) The United Kingdom is set to declare Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group and impose sanctions on the paramilitary organisation, following a slew of antisemitic attacks. The UK authorities linked the IRGC and its proxies to a series of hostile activities on British soil, including suspected bombing plots and assassination attempts targeting Iranian dissidents, journalists, and activists living in Britain.
The British officials will also outlaw an Islamist militant group that claimed responsibility for the torching of four Jewish community ambulances in north London and for plotting attacks on Jewish-linked sites, including the Israeli Embassy.
The UK Home Office, in a statement on Monday (Jul 13), said that because of the designations, the UK would “be better protected from foreign state-backed activity” and anyone “conducting acts of sabotage, including arson, on behalf of these groups could face life imprisonment”.
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