(National-UAE) Iran’s revolutionary guard will be proscribed as a terror group by Labour under a new three-point plan to update the UK’s counter-terror strategy.
The Labour move breaks with the Conservative Party, which has held off designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terror group over fears that it would damage diplomatic ties with Tehran.
The Labour manifesto, which was outlined this month ahead of next week’s general election, explicitly states that it would outlaw the IRGC in Britain, saying that threats from hostile states or state-sponsored groups were on the rise.
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper are both understood to be in favour of the designation, which would effectively make it illegal for individuals to support or be a member of the group.
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