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The Home Office will make a new push to proscribe the IRGC amid growing claims they helped plan the deadliest attack on Israel in 50 years – dubbed the country\u2019s \u201c9\/11\u201d.<\/p>\n
But the Daily Express has been told the Foreign Office will not shift its original position as they believe crippling sanctions on members of the Iranian regime are more effective.<\/p>\n
Proscription is also \u201cnot designed for state entities\u201d, sources said, despite Home Office ministers believing Iran is the \u201cbiggest state sponsor of terror\u201d.<\/p>\n
MI5 has accused Iran of plotting the assassination and kidnapping of ten British residents. The regime also executed a British-Iranian man accused of spying in January.<\/p>\n
But plans, which first emerged earlier this year, to proscribe the IRGC were stalled after Foreign Office officials insisted sanctions would be more effective.<\/p>\n
The Daily Express understands the Home Office will push again for the IRGC to be declared as a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n
Sources within both Hamas and Hezbollah – terrorist organisations involved in devastating attacks on Israel – claimed Iran helped plan the deadliest assault in 50 years.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Israel Hamas war – which countries around the world are on whose side<\/strong><\/p>\n But a source close to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told the Daily Express: \u201cThis tool, above the many actions already taken, and working, including sanctions, is not designed for state entities, and either doesn\u2019t do anything beyond what is already being done better or does a number of things that would materially harm British interests\u201d.<\/p>\n Tory MPs believe \u201cIran could not have left more fingerprints on the Hamas atrocities if they tried\u201d, adding the terrorist group is being \u201cbankrolled\u201d by Tehran.<\/p>\n They are demanding the British Government act and put the IRGC on a level with ISIS, Al-Qaeda and the Russian Wagner Group.<\/p>\n Dr Liam Fox, former Defence Secretary, told the Daily Express: \u201cIran could not have left more fingerprints on the Hamas atrocities if they tried. No excuses left for the U.K. not to proscribe the IRGC.\u201d<\/p>\n Tim Loughton, of the Home Affairs Select Committee, told the Daily Express: \u201cThe IRGC is a deeply sinister paramilitary volunteer militia and has its fingerprints on much of Iran’s terrorist supporting activities.<\/p>\n \u201cJust as we need to proscribed the Wagner Group the IRGC is bigger and no less dangerous and needs to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation urgently.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith told the Daily Express: \u201cOnce again we see Hamas, bankrolled by Iran, murdering innocent civilians.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fingerprints of the IRGC are all over this and we can\u2019t ignore their destabilising influence in the region and the wider threat they pose to the world.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s time we proscribed the IRGC and treated them as what they are – a terrorist organisation\u201d.<\/p>\n The Government’s independent terrorism reviewer, Jonathan Hall KC, has previously backed the Foreign Office\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cProscription is saying that these groups shouldn’t exist at all, which is quite a difficult concept when it’s a government department.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is a criminal offence to be a member of a proscribed organisation, a “key tool” in destroying terrorist organisations, Hall said. However, because officials have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts carried out on behalf of their state, it would not be possible for the British authorities to prosecute members of the IRGC.<\/p>\n British counter-terrorism police and MI5 have foiled at least 15 Iranian plots ot assassinate or kidnap \u201cenemies of the regime\u201d on British soil.<\/p>\n Last November, armed vehicles were deployed outside the Iran International studios in Chiswick, west London, after \u201csevere and credible\u201d threats were made against two of its UK-based channel\u2019s journalists.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/5004156.jpg?r=1696937240945\")
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