When will the British appeasers wake up? Despite repeated calls from several former cabinet ministers and MPs from all sides of the House of Commons to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – the Iranian regime’s Gestapo – Rishi Sunak has dug his heels in. The Prime Minister claims that it would be a mistake to sever diplomatic ties with Iran at such a critical time. His view has been reinforced by his foreign secretary David Cameron who claims it is vital for Britain to maintain an embassy in Tehran so that the UK can “deliver a direct message to the Iranians.” Winston Churchill must be turning in his grave. He famously said: “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

The Americans added the IRGC to their foreign terrorist list in April 2019, in the final days of the Trump presidency. Trump said: "This unprecedented step, led by the Department of State, recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances, and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft. If you are doing business with the IRGC, you will be bankrolling terrorism”. The UK’s refusal to follow the American lead is a sign of wretched weakness, which will embolden Tehran. Maintaining diplomatic relations with a country that rejects the norms of international diplomacy is a grave error. Indeed, the British embassy in Tehran has become a focal point for phony protests, where thousands of members of the mullahs’ thuggish paramilitary........

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