An April 2025 paper describes how the Iranian IRGC poses a growing threat to UK national security, with links to at least 20 foiled terror plots in the UK since 2022.
The IRGC’s methods mirror those of proscribed terrorist organisations, and its activities include spreading antisemitism and recruiting operatives in Britain.
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Jemima Shelley is a senior research analyst at United Against Nuclear Iran and a non-resident fellow at Labour Friends of Israel. Previously, she was a senior analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where she focused on Islamist extremism, women’s rights and civil society movements in Iran and Afghanistan.
In April 2025, Shelley authored a paper describing the threat the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (“IRGC”) poses to people living in the UK. The following is a summary of the paper.
Labour Friends of Israel: The IRGC threat to Britain
By Hellish 2050, republished from Labour Friends of Israel (“LFI”)
LFI today[April 2025]publishes a new policy paper titled ‘Iran’s Terror Army Abroad: The IRGC Threat to Britain’ which details the growing danger posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to UK national security and calls for its immediate designation as a terrorist organisation.
The paper, authored by Jemima Shelley, senior research analyst at United Against Nuclear Iran and non-resident fellow at Labour Friends of Israel, provides an in-depth analysis of the IRGC’s activities in the UK and internationally, documenting its extensive network of terror activities and extremist influence operations.
LFI’s new paper, authored by Jemima Shelley, details how:
- The IRGC has been directly linked to at least 20 foiled terror plots in the UK since 2022, according to MI5’s director-general Ken McCallum;
- MI5 has warned that the Iranian regime plots now present “potentially lethal threats to British nationals and UK residents;”
- The former head of MI6 has specifically warned about threats to the British Jewish community;
- The IRGC’s operational methods mirror those of already-proscribed terrorist organisations such as Islamic State, al-Qaida and Hezbollah.
Key recommendations
The paper outlines why the government’s current review of terrorism legislation should prioritise proscribing the IRGC:
1. Flexible Approach: The Labour government should fulfil its manifesto commitment to “take the approach used for dealing with non-state terrorism and adapt it to deal with state-based domestic security threats.” If the government determines that it cannot proscribe the IRGC under existing legislation, it should move swiftly to amend the legislation or develop a new legislative mechanism that results in the IRGC, and those who wish to support it, facing the same restrictions to which other proscribed organisations, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, are subject.
2. Disrupt Extremist Networks: Proscription would prevent its members from operating in any capacity within the UK and thus and constrain the IRGC’s terror-related activities.
3. Counter Radicalisation: Designation would help disrupt the IRGC’s efforts to nurture homegrown Islamist extremism on British soil.
4. Combat Antisemitism: Proscription would limit the IRGC’s ability to spread antisemitism and recruit future operatives in Britain.
5. Comprehensive Strategy: The UK must move beyond sanctions focused solely on the IRGC’s programme of Middle East destabilisation to address the direct threat Tehran’s terror army poses to British nationals.
About the Author
There is no information available about the person behind the name “Hellish 2050.”
The Substack “about” section explains why this name has been chosen for publications: “Why is it called ‘Hellish 2050’? Because if we fail to do something, right now, to halt and reverse the Islamisation, the year 2050 will be a hellish experience. The UK will be beyond the point of no return to becoming Islamic, with virtually no hope of reversing it then.”
In the short bio section on Substack, Hellish 2050 gives the following description: “Concerned about the Islamisation of the UK. If you wish to help, the best way is to order books. Paperback or eBook.” You can find a catalogue of Hellish 2050’s books HERE, which are also listed on the author’s website HERE.
Featured image: Members of the IRGC at a rally in Tehran. Source: Britain to follow EU in labelling IRGC a terror group, The Telegraph, 30 January 2026
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Since the British Petroleum was kicked out from Iran they are offended.
How about the Persian famine in 1917-19?(6 million death) What was caused by the Brits.
Beside the fact that the British Empire was the place where the Sun never sets.
Both WW were created by England(120 million death)
So just stfu!
Labour Friends of Israel: The IRGC threat to Britain The thief cries ‘Stop, thief!’