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British Government Moves to Designate IRGC and Other Organizations as National Security Threats

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London, July 13 (IANS) The British government said Monday it was moving to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two other organisations as national security threats.The other two are the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right (IMCR), which Britain says is linked to Iran, and the Volunteer Corps, overseen by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, commonly known as the GRU Volunteer Corps.If approved by parliament, they wil…

UK Summons Iranian Ambassador Over Social Media Comments

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London, April 28 (IANS) The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has summoned the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Kingdom on Tuesday.​ The Iranian ambassador was summoned by Hamish Falconer, the Minister for the Middle East, in response to the Iranian embassy’s unacceptable and inflammatory comments on social media.​Falconer made it clear that these actions and comments were completely unacceptable and that the Embassy must cease any form of …