UK bans support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the IRGC will be designated a threat to national security, making support an offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

• Mahmood announced the IRGC will be designated a threat to national security under new government powers.
• Support for the IRGC, including expressing a positive opinion or assisting them, will be an offence carrying up to 14 years in prison.
• Two other groups were also proscribed: the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right and the volunteer corps of Russia's GRU.
• Starmer said the government will not allow Britain to be a playground for states seeking to spread fear and violence, and new powers will ease prosecution.