Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Debate
Full Debate: Read Full DebateBaroness Foster of Oxton
Main Page: Baroness Foster of Oxton (Conservative - Life peer)Department Debates - View all Baroness Foster of Oxton's debates with the Home Office
(8 months, 4 weeks ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and I too asked this question on 15 November in the King’s Speech debate on foreign affairs and defence. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a death cult run by psychopaths who think nothing of the rape, torture and beheading of civilians in Iran should they dare to dissent. It is they who pull the strings of Hamas and other terrorist groups and who share responsibility for the attack on Israel on 7 October. Can my noble friend tell us when the United Kingdom will join the European Union, the United States of America and other countries in proscribing them as such?
My Lords, I am afraid I have to say to my noble friend, as I have already said a couple of times, that the Government keep the list of proscribed organisations under review. We do not comment on whether a specific organisation is or is not being considered for proscription.