Iranian plots against UK uncovered amid calls to declare the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist entity

The UK and other Western countries for a considerable period undermined their own security by supporting an Iran nucler deal and appeasing the Islamic regime in Tehran. The deal saw over $100 billion flow into Iran, enabling it to expand aid to its proxies worldwide, including Hamas and Hizballah.

Appeasing Iran emboldens and strengthens it as the regime increasingly holds Westerners hostage. Most Western leaders are focused on elections, but ignore longterm national security issues.

Iran insidiously bides its time to gain ground and continues efforts to undermine Western nations from within. Yet Western leaders continue to waffle on declaring the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist entity.

“Iranian plots for atrocities against UK uncovered, we MUST fight back NOW,” by Bob Blackman, Express, January 13, 2023:

After years of procrastination and vacillation, the United Kingdom may finally be moving to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organisation. Barring unforeseen obstructionism, it will soon be the first nation to take this crucial decision since 2019, when the United States proscribed the IRGC.

Many of Tehran’s critics described the American action as being long overdue and they have accordingly spent the past three years urging not only Britain but also the European Union and its member states to follow suit.

Many discussions have since been held on the topic but far too many British and European policymakers have remained wary of taking this or any other major step toward confronting the regime in Iran and challenging its impunity in matters of human rights and terrorism.

Reports of the UK’s pending designation come in the wake of intelligence assessments that correctly identified the Islamic Republic of Iran as one of the nation’s greatest security threats.

Last year, there were at least 10 Iranian plots uncovered which would have involved assassinations or general attacks on British citizens, including some inside the UK.

This is a shocking development, but one that should come as no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention since the summer of 2018, when multiple European agencies thwarted a bombing plot against a vast gathering of Iranian expatriates near Paris.

Its keynote speaker, Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has been calling for the IRGC’s proscription for years.

Had it been successful, the bomb plot would have no doubt killed hundreds if not thousands of attendees, including any number of the British, European, and American parliamentarians and dignitaries, including myself, who spoke at the event in support of Iran’s democratic opposition, namely the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

The plot was likely motivated by awareness of the MEK’s role in an expanding protest movement. Equally, this would also have led to retaliation by the USA, the UK and our allies against Iran….