Britain will declare Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group in the coming weeks, The Telegraph reported Monday.
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As such, it will be illegal in Britain to be a member of the IRGC, display its symbols in public or attend any meetings.
Mi5 director Ken McCallum said in November that the group was behind 10 plots to kill or abduct people in Britain since January 2022. British Security Minister Ted Tugendhat said last month that, despite McCallum's announcement, Iran continued plotting against targets in Britain.
The IRGC was designated a terror organization by the US in April 2019 by then-President Donald Trump. Canada banned senior former and current members of the IRGC from entering the country last October.
The move comes as Western countries increase measures against Iran for its violent and deadly crackdown on protesters ever since mass demonstrations erupted in September after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's so-called "morality police."
Several of those arrested were dual British-Iranian nationals, further raising tensions between London and Tehran.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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