UK resisting calls to ban Iran’s IRGC to maintain diplomatic link

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Rishi Sunak has come under pressure from senior Tories to add the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the list of banned terrorist organisations.

Banning Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could sever the UK’s direct diplomatic link with Tehran, a minister warned.

Mr Sunak is set to urge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show restraint in a call on Tuesday after the thwarting of the Iranian attack over the weekend. She told Sky News: “Nobody is denying that they are a malign force. We have repeatedly sanctioned both individual commanders and the IRGC more generally, so that puts very severe restrictions on their ability to move and on other freedoms that they would have had. We are not suggesting they are not a problem.”

Israel is still considering how to hit back at Iran after Saturday night’s attack, which involved around 350 drones and missiles, but on Monday night said the barrage “will be met with a response”. Former defence secretary Ben Wallace argued that the UK should use support for Israel as leverage to secure Israeli support for Ukraine

 

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