UK officially proscribes the IRGC: On July 13, 2026, the British government banned support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its linked groups, with severe penalties (up to 14 years in prison for support, life imprisonment for sabotage).

The move validates long-standing warnings from the Iranian Resistance: The decision is the result of years of advocacy by Maryam Rajavi and the NCRI/PMOI, backed by extensive intelligence dossiers exposing the IRGC’s terrorism, economic empire, and human rights abuses.

Proscription is not enough — full regime isolation and recognition of the right to overthrow are needed: The article argues that the IRGC is the core pillar of the regime’s survival, and the international community should now blacklist the entire regime, shut down its embassies (terror hubs), and support the Iranian people’s legitimate right to resist and overthrow the theocracy.

On Monday, July 13, 2026, the British government officially banned support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its linked groups.

The UK’s proscription is a highly welcomed and long-overdue step that validates the decades-long warnings of the Iranian Resistance. However, designating the IRGC must not be the end of the road. As this development proves that the regime relies entirely on state-sponsored terrorism to survive, the sole logical next step for the international community is to completely isolate the religious fascism ruling Iran and officially recognize the Iranian people’s right to confront this terror apparatus and overthrow the regime.

For years, Western capitals were paralyzed by a policy of willful blindness, desperate to preserve bilateral ties with Tehran. But the UK’s legal pivot demonstrates that the IRGC’s terrorism is an active, borderless threat that can no longer be ignored. The UK implemented new powers under the fast-tracked National Security (State Threats) Act 2026. The government and intelligence agencies acted upon deep concerns regarding foreign powers paying organized crime groups for sabotage and surveillance on British soil.

The new powers close a critical gap in existing laws around state-linked actors, making it entirely illegal to show support for........

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