Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Guided Weapons

(asked on 1st March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of reports that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has displayed a ballistic missile with Death to Israel written on it in Hebrew.


Answered by
David Rutley Portrait
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 9th March 2023

The UK is clear that Iran's ballistic missile program poses a threat to regional security. Iran should stop its threats to Israel which escalate already high tensions. Our commitment to Israel's security is unwavering. The UK works to counter malign Iranian activity in the Middle East and has sanctioned over 300 Iranian individuals and entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety. Alongside France and Germany, we have written regularly to the UN Secretary-General to draw attention to Iranian missile activity inconsistent with UNSCR 2231.

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