U.K. to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group

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U.K. authorities have linked the IRGC and its proxies to a wave of violent plots on British soil.

July 13, 2026 at 9:35 a.m. EDTYesterday at 9:35 a.m. EDT

Protesters call for action against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in London in 2023. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

LONDON ― Britain will declare Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group and place sanctions on the elite paramilitary organization that is expanding control of the country.

The designation comes after U.K. authorities linked the IRGC and its proxies to a wave of violent plots on British soil, including bombing and assassination attempts targeting Iranian journalists and activists in Britain.

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