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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

SHOCKING: Uk to proscribe state backed groups such as iran s revolutionary guard - You Need To See This

Yvette Cooper.
The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the UK was facing growing ‘complex’ threats from foreign powers. Photograph: Ian Vogler/PA

Ministers will draw up new laws to ban state-backed groups such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the face of growing “complex” threats from foreign powers, Yvette Cooper said on Monday.

The home secretary made the announcement after three Iranian nationals were charged on Saturday with spying in the UK.

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