UK relations with Iran take nosedive ahead of IRGC designation

The designation will put the IRGC in a similar legal category as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the eyes of the UK government, outlawing membership in, financial dealings with and encouraging support for the paramilitary organization.
Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) paramilitaries supporters raise pictures depicting their late slain commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and the slain top commander of the Iranian revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) Qasem Soleimani with whom he was killed in a US air strike, as they gather in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Karbala on September 16, 2022. (Photo by MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images)
Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Units raise pictures depicting their late slain commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and the slain top commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qasem Soleimani with whom he was killed in a US airstrike, Karbala, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2022. - Mohammed Sawaf/AFP via Getty Images
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The Telegraph reported on Monday that the UK government is set to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization.

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat and Home Secretary Suella Braverman are set to publicly announce the decision “within weeks,” according to the newspaper. The report has not been independently confirmed by Al-Monitor.

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