MPs call for official terrorist ban and sanctions on Iran's military guard 1/7/2018 8:50:53 PM UK Parliament members calls on the government to list the IRGC as terrorist organization The Telegraph, 6 JANUARY 2018  - Amber Rudd is facing calls to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation over its suppression of protesters and support for militants. Dozens of MPs from across the Commons have backed a motion calling for the Home Secretary to include the regime's elite unit on an official list of proscribed organizations and impose sanctions on its officials. The disclosure comes after the group, formally called the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was deployed to put down anti-government unrest in Iran during a week of protests that left more than 20 people dead. Of 69 MPs backing the Commons early day motion, more than 30 are Labor backbenchers - a fact likely to embarrass Jeremy Corbyn, who has since been criticize...