Proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, says Assembly
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been linked to at least 20 credible threats in the UK, including an alleged imminent attack on the Israeli Embassy in Kensington which was foiled by counter-terrorism police in May 2025.
The London Assembly has today formally requested that the Mayor of London write to the Prime Minister, urging the immediate proscription of the IRGC under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Alex Wilson AM, who proposed the motion, said:
"The IRGC is a state-sponsored terrorist organisation – it's time for the Government to formally recognise that fact.
"The threat to British citizens, both at home and abroad, is very real indeed. The IRGC have already targeted our military installations and residential areas in the Middle East – residential areas where British people live. It's time to send a strong signal that the UK won't stand for it.
"I hope that the Mayor respects the democratic will of the London Assembly and writes to the Prime Minister, urging him to proscribe this despicable group of Iran-backed terrorists.”
The full text of the motion is:
“This Assembly notes that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been linked to at least 20 credible threats in the UK, including an alleged imminent attack on the Israeli Embassy in Kensington which was foiled by counter-terrorism police in May 2025.
At the behest of the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the IRGC has expanded its direct targeting of international infrastructure, such as drone attacks on the Israeli embassy in the UAE and strikes on the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
With these ongoing attacks, and His Majesty’s Government’s decision to allow the USA to use its bases to conduct operations against military targets in Iran, this Assembly believes that the threat to British infrastructure and lives of servicemen and women is significant. This Assembly also believes that the IRGC functions as a professionalised terrorist organisation, rather than a conventional military force.
With this threat recognised, this Assembly resolves to:
- Formally request that the Mayor of London and the Chair of the Assembly jointly write to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, urging the immediate proscription of the IRGC under the Terrorism Act 2000, given past IRGC-sponsored threats in London. The Mayor and Chair should also request that Government fully funds the Met to address the impact on London associated with this conflict and others by increasing the National and International Capital Cities Grant
- Call upon His Majesty’s Government to reiterate its position that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism; and
- Request that a confidential briefing is provided to the Assembly on the specific measures being taken by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command to monitor IRGC-linked activities within Greater London.”
The meeting can be viewed via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- The Motion was agreed by 21 votes for and none against.
- Alex Wilson AM, who proposed the motion, is available for interview.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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