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There are moments when events in London reveal more about the nature of a foreign threat than any speech delivered abroad. Such a moment came when the Islamic Centre of England – a UK-registered charity – held a vigil for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, referring to him as “our leader” and “a great martyr.” These were not careless words. They were chosen deliberately. They were spoken publicly, under the protection of British law, within an institution granted the privileges and legitimacy of charitable status.
This incident did not occur in isolation. Earlier this week, the We Believe Alliance delivered an official parliamentary briefing at Westminster calling for the formal proscription of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Muslim Brotherhood under the Terrorism Act 2000. The briefing set out in clear terms that the IRGC represents the primary external instrument of the Iranian regime and poses a direct and ongoing threat to British national security. The vigil at the Islamic Centre of England illustrates precisely why such action is necessary.
The IRGC operates under the authority of the Supreme Leader. It is not a conventional military force. It is an ideological and operational apparatus designed to project influence beyond Iran’s........