UK to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organisation

Home Office announces ban on support for Iranian military group in escalation of diplomatic tensions with Tehran

The UK will list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, ministers have announced, in a major escalation of the diplomatic tensions with Tehran.

The Home Office said on Monday it would ban support for the IRGC, a central branch of the Iranian military, after years of political division over the issue. The move is equivalent to proscription, though not legally identical.