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<p>The Government is deeply concerned by Iran’s destabilising involvement in regional
conflicts, including in Syria and Yemen, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) and IRGC Qods Force, and by reported financial and military support to militant
and proscribed groups, such as Hizballah and the Houthis in Yemen. I raised these
concerns directly during my visit to Iran in June 2019. We also condemn the IRGC’s
involvement in recent attacks on shipping, including the attacks on tankers in the
Gulf of Oman (for which the IRGC was almost certainly responsible) and the seizure
of the UK-flagged vessel Stena Impero. The IRGC as a whole remains subject to EU and
US sanctions; a large number of associated individuals and entities are also designated.
We continue to review the list of proscribed groups, but do not routinely comment
on consideration of specific organisations.</p>
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