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UK Lawmakers Urge Government to Designate Iran's IRGC as Terrorist, Replace Nuclear Deal

(Al-Arabiya) Yaghoub Fazeli - The UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee released a report on Wednesday urging Britain to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, declare Tehran's detention of foreign nationals as "state hostage-taking," and work towards brokering a comprehensive deal to replace the current nuclear deal. "The actions of the IRGC meet the criteria for proscription in the Terrorism Act 2000, due to its clear and enduring support for terrorists and non-state actors working to undermine stability in the region," the report said. Parliament members described the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) as a "shell of an agreement." "Despite good intentions, the JCPOA was an agreement built on weak foundations. The slow death of the nuclear deal seems to have been inevitable and...it now appears beyond repair," Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Tugendhat said. "The UK government should work to broker a replacement to the JCPOA, which also addresses regional security." Earlier this month, Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas also said that a new, broader Iran accord must be reached and that the 2015 deal was no longer enough.
2020-12-17 00:00:00
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