UK to introduce bill to ban Iran's Revolutionary Guards as national security threat

LONDON, United Kingdom — The British government announced on Monday a plan to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a national security threat, according to a ministry statement. The proposal would also cover a group described in the announcement as having links to Iran. Under the plan, the organization's activities on British soil would be blocked, and its members or supporters would face prosecution. The government said the bill is expected to be debated in Parliament within the year. The statement said the IRGC's activities, which it described as a threat to regional and global stability, pose a direct risk to the United Kingdom. Britain has previously imposed sanctions on the Revolutionary Guards but has not moved to ban the organization outright. If passed, the legislation would grant security forces broad authority to dismantle the group's presence in the United Kingdom. The ministry said the new measures aim to eliminate the organization's footprint in the country entirely, though no further details on implementation were immediately available.