On 12 October, Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Parliament that the suspected terrorist plot involving RAF Fairford was highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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These are extraordinary words from a British Prime Minister. The threat we have been warning about for years is no longer something the Government can dismiss as a distant concern.

The threat posed by the Iranian regime is not confined to the Middle East. It has reached our own doorstep.

Nearly four years ago, on 23 February 2023, my husband, Vahid Beheshti, began his campaign outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, warning successive British governments about the dangers posed by the Iranian regime and demanding the full proscription of the IRGC.

Through freezing winters, threats and extraordinary personal sacrifice, he has continued his protest outside the FCDO. His warning has remained consistent: the Iranian regime poses a threat not only to the Iranian people, but also to Britain's national security, our democratic institutions and our Jewish........

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