Iranian group could be labelled national threat under proposed new law
Summary
The UK government plans to pass a new law allowing it to label some foreign state-linked groups, such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as threats to national security. This law would create new crimes for supporting these groups and aims to stop hostile foreign states from using criminals to carry out attacks in the UK.Key Facts
- The National Security (State Threats) Bill was introduced to the UK Parliament and could become law within weeks.
- The law allows the home secretary to label certain foreign state-linked groups as national threats.
- New crimes will be created, including supporting or helping these designated groups.
- The bill follows cases where criminals acted on behalf of foreign powers like Iran, Russia, and China.
- The IRGC is an Iranian group with influence beyond Iran and is linked to spying and violence.
- UK security services have detected more than 20 serious Iran-backed threats in one year.
- The UK government wants to update laws to better handle threats from foreign states using proxy criminals.
- It is expected that fewer than 10 groups will be officially labeled as state threats in the first year after the law passes.
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