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UK MP calls for banning Iran s IRGC after flag flown at London demo
Iran’s IRGC flag at a Palestine solidarity march in London on 22 March 2021 [JakeWSimons/Twitter] May 27, 2021 at 4:14 pm
A British MP who also serves as the Conservative Party s chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee has called on the government to follow the US in designating Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.
MP for Tonbridge and Malling, Tom Tugendhat, reportedly made the comments, after footage surfaced on social media of an IRGC banner at a Palestine solidarity march that took place in London last weekend, along with a flag of Palestine and Iraq s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), which includes some armed factions supported by the IRGC.
Iran Harassing Families Of Those Killed In Downed Ukrainian Plane, Says Rights Watchdog
May 27, 2021 18:08 GMT
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Iranian security agencies have harassed and abused families of the victims of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) after takeoff from Tehran last year, Human Rights Watch said on May 27. Iran s Revolutionary Guard killed 176 people without a shred of accountability, and now Iran s brutal security agencies are abusing victims family members to squash any hope for justice, said Michael Page, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.
Days after official denials in the wake of the January 2020 tragedy, Iran admitted that an IRGC unit had inadvertently shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 when it fired two missiles amid heightened tensions with the United States over the U.S. drone strike that killed top general, Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad.