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John Cryer pushes government on IRCG proscription

Posted 2 March, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
PLP chair John Cryer MP Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer MP has today used Business Questions to once again urge the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Tehran’s ideological terror army – a longstanding LFI campaign goal. He asked: The Leader of the House will be aware that there is extensive consensus across all…

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In Brief: Iran unveils new Paveh cruise missiles that can reach Israel

Posted 28 February, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons A senior Iranian general unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,650km that could potentially reach Israel in an interview with state TV on Friday, in which he reiterated the Iranian regime’s desire to kill former US president Donald Trump. “Our cruise missile with…

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In Brief: Iran smuggling advanced drones to Russia for use in Ukraine

Posted 14 February, 2023 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Iran’s state airline is being used to smuggle advanced long-range armed drones to Russia for use in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The Guardian reported on Monday that some of the drones - at least 18 in total - were transferred to the Russian navy at sea by an…

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LFI and CFI chairs: Iranian terror is a clear and present danger to the UK

Posted 13 February, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and CFI chair Stephen Crabb MP have written the below article for the Daily Telegraph. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Steve McCabe MP. David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0. As it clings on to power with ever greater desperation, deploying unimaginable violence against its own citizens for daring to call for…

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Lammy assails government inaction on IRGC proscription

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
David Lammy > David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The shadow foreign secretary assailed the government’s failure to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in parliament last week. Facing foreign secretary James Cleverly during Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office questions, David Lammy accused the IRGC of being “responsible for 10 kidnap and death plots on…

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Russia and Iran agree deal to build advanced drone factory

Posted 7 February, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Iran and Russia are finalising plans to build an advanced drone factory, according to weekend media reports. The new plant – which will be located nearly 600 miles east of Moscow – is intended to manufacture 6,000 drones for Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the Wall…

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Labour MPs push Security Minister to be tougher on Iran at Home Office Questions

Posted 6 February, 2023 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI parliamentary supporter Virendra Sharma At Home Office Questions today, two Labour MPs pushed the government to take a tougher stance against the operation of Iranian agents in the UK, in particular the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the proscription of which is a longstanding LFI policy goal. LFI parliamentary supporter Virendra Sharma MP asked: It has been…

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Iranians accused of torturing protesters sentenced to death

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons Iranian has been accused of torturing three young men it has sentenced to death for participating in the wave of protests against the regime which have swept the country since last September. A report by Amnesty International issued this week highlights the cases of 19-year-old…

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Israel reportedly behind strike on Iranian missile factory

Posted 31 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Israel
Shabab missile > Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel reportedly carried out a drone strike on a missile facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan late on Saturday night. The strike was launched by the Mossad intelligence service at the facility, which is part of Tehran’s ballistic missile programme. Isfahan plays a central…

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