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Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle departs 11 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, January 7, 2026
MINISTERS are considering changes to Britain’s terror laws which would allow it to ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Trade Secretary Peter Kyle said the government would explore these changes after admitting that proscribing Iran’s primary military branch would not be “appropriate” under current laws.
He said the government was considering a change in domestic terror legislation and that it remained committed to supporting the people of Iran as they face deadly repression in response to recent protests.
Hundreds have been killed and many more detained by Iranian police since the start of mass demonstrations and anger over Iran’s weak economy.
On Sunday, transport secretary Heidi Alexander said Britain wants a “peaceful transition” of power away from the current Islamic Republic, after US President Donald Trump threatened the country with military intervention.
“The British government has always viewed Iran as a hostile state,” Ms Alexander told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
Payam Solhtalab talks to GAWAIN LITTLE, general secretary of Codir, about the connection between the struggle for peace, against banking and economic sanctions, and the threat of a further military attack by the US/Israel axis on Iran
The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism