“We commend the Government’s announcement of sanctions for specific senior Iranian regime military figures and organisations, and the clear rationale given – the role of those sanctioned in attempting to destabilise the Middle East.
“This is a promising step towards fulfilling the pledge made in opposition; the full proscription of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, which we believe is necessary for the safety both of British Jews and the many Iranians living here who oppose the international terror of the fundamentalist regime.”