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Keir Starmer: “The IRGC has a long history of using proxies and criminal networks to target people in the UK.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2026
The IRGC has a long history of using proxies and criminal networks to target people in the UK.
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Keir Starmer
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Speaking about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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