2024-04-23 13:09:21
More than 130 deputies of the House of Commons of the British Parliament demanded that the government recognize the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, the elite units of the Iranian Armed Forces) as a terrorist organization, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
Iran’s attack on Israel with drones and missiles “is only the latest chapter in the IRGC’s destructive reign of terror,” the letter published in The Times said. “The IRGC now poses the greatest threat to Great Britain,” the parliamentarians note. “Its activities include murder plots, uncovered and stopped [спецслужбой] MI5, collecting intelligence information on British Jews, intimidating journalists and promoting radicalization in British Islamic centers.” The government “should declare the IRGC a terrorist organization,” MPs believe.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is an Iranian military-political elite unit that performs the functions of the army, police, gendarmerie and state security agencies. Officially part of the Iranian armed forces. According to the Iranian constitution, the main task of the IRGC is “to protect the Islamic Revolution and its gains.” Reports directly to the leader and spiritual leader of Iran.
On the evening of April 13, Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, calling it a response to “numerous crimes,” including an attack attributed to Israel on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Iranian state media said the attacks on Israel targeted military targets. The Israel Defense Forces indicated that they intercepted 99% of about 300 Iranian shells flying towards the Jewish state; minor damage was caused to the Nevatim airbase.
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