The legal move would make it a UK criminal office to belong to, or support, the paramilitary group.
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The legal change would mean it becomes a criminal offence in the UK to belong to the group or support its activities.But they said it was "broadly correct" to say the government intended to proscribe the IRGC.- would follow a similar decision made by the US in 2019. The IRGC last week arrested seven people with links to the UK in relation to anti-government protests that have been sweeping through Iran in recent months.The government has to assess not just the scale of a group's terrorist activities but also the specific threat it poses to the UK and British nationals overseas. It would make it an offence not just to belong to the organisation but also express support for its aims, meet its members or even display its flag or logo in public.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced last month that sanctions had been imposed on the IRGC in its entirety.
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