This crackdown on the IRGC is too little, too late
This crackdown on the IRGC is too little, too late Labour is catastrophically failing to curb Iran’s lethal influence. i Picture by: Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Andrew Fox" }) Andrew Fox 16th July 2026 i Picture by: Getty Share Topics Politics World Want unlimited, ad-free access? The UK government wants credit for finally moving against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On Monday, Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood designated the IRGC as a national-security threat.
- ▪This crackdown on the IRGC is too little, too late Labour is catastrophically failing to curb Iran’s lethal influence. i Picture by: Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Andrew Fox" }) Andrew Fox 16th July 2026 i Picture by: Get
- ▪The UK government wants credit for finally moving against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
- ▪On Monday, Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood designated the IRGC as a national-security threat.
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| Publication time | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:55:38 +0000 |
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This crackdown on the IRGC is too little, too late Labour is catastrophically failing to curb Iran’s lethal influence. i Picture by: Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Andrew Fox" }) Andrew Fox 16th July 2026 i Picture by: Getty Share Topics Politics World Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. The UK government wants credit for finally moving against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It deserves some, though very little. On Monday, Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood designated the IRGC as a national-security threat. This decision comes after years of warnings, more than 20 potentially lethal Iran-backed plots since 2022 and a recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks in Britain.
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