ALBAWABA - A coalition of over 50 British MPs and Lords have demanded that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) be designated a terrorist organization.
Led by former home secretaries Suella Braverman and Priti Patel, the coalition signed an open letter to The Times demanding to name the IRGC, the primary branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, a terrorist organization.
The letter was signed by 134 people following the latest Iranian attack on Israel, which signatories described as the "latest chapter of destructive terror by the IRGC".
"The government has combated extremism and terrorism by proscribing Hamas and Hezbollah but it is not enough. The IRGC is the primary source of ideological radicalization, funding, equipment, and training for these groups" the letter reads.
"The government must act against the root cause and proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organization".
BREAKING: 134 Parliamentarians including 54 @Conservatives MPs have written to Prime Minister @RishiSunak calling for the proscription of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps #IRGC pic.twitter.com/mxh0xXvuy1
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The 134 signatories said the IRGC has "never posed a greater threat to the UK," accusing "thugs" belonging to the group of stabbing an Iranian dissident in London last month. The letter was coordinated by the UK-Israel All Parliamentary Party Group, which includes former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick.
Iran retaliated against Israel by launching more than 300 drones and missiles into Israel during the course of the night on Saturday and Sunday, following an Israeli airstrike that killed seven Revolutionary Guards in Damascus, Syria, which killed several, including two generals.
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed in a televised speech after Eid al-Fitr prayers in the capital that Israel "will be punished" for attacking the Iranian consulate in Syria.
