Britain’s Move Against the IRGC Is the Result of Decades of Documented Evidence, Not a Sudden Political Shift

Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Washington, stated that the British government's decision to classify the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security marks an important political and legal turning point. More importantly, he said, it validates a reality that the Iranian Resistance has documented and presented to the international community for decades: the IRGC is not a conventional military force but the central pillar of the ruling theocracy's system of repression, terrorism, and regional destabilization.

Jafarzadeh explained that this decision did not emerge overnight or as a temporary political reaction. Rather, it reflects years of intelligence disclosures, legal documentation, and diplomatic efforts carried out by the Iranian Resistance, exposing the IRGC's role in directing Iran's nuclear and missile programs, commanding proxy militias, orchestrating terrorist plots abroad, and suppressing nationwide protests inside Iran.

He noted that over the years the Resistance published extensive documentation on the IRGC's financial empire, its control over major sectors of Iran's economy, its network of front companies, secret military and nuclear facilities, terrorist training camps, and the misuse of diplomatic missions as operational centers for intelligence and assassination activities. Many of these documented findings later became reference points for lawmakers and policymakers in democratic countries.

According to Jafarzadeh, the principal mistake made by many Western governments was never a lack of information but the continuation of appeasement policies based on the false assumption that the IRGC could somehow be separated from the ruling establishment. Experience has demonstrated that the IRGC is the regime's backbone, making any distinction between the two politically and strategically unsustainable.

He stressed that the significance of the British decision extends well beyond the United Kingdom. It sends a clear message that confronting the IRGC requires a comprehensive strategy targeting its financial networks, intelligence structures, commercial front organizations, and international operations rather than relying solely on limited sanctions.

Jafarzadeh concluded that the success of the Iranian Resistance in bringing these realities before international institutions demonstrates that the struggle against state-sponsored terrorism is ultimately won through credible evidence, persistent diplomacy, and sustained political engagement. He called on other democratic governments to follow Britain's example by taking coordinated action against the IRGC while supporting the Iranian people and the democratic alternative represented by the National Council of Resistance of Iran.