Britain drags feet on IRGC terror designation as Iran-linked center allegedly sells extremist merchandise

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour authorities is facing aggravated disapproval implicit its nonaccomplishment to swiftly outlaw Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The improvement comes arsenic a London-based Islamic halfway has been accused of selling merchandise supporting terrorism.

Potkin Azarmehr, a British-Iranian adept connected Iran who has written extensively connected Iran’s power operations in the United Kingdom, told Fox News Digital that the "Islamic Center of England is simply a authorities outpost. The caput of the halfway is straight appointed by Iran’s ultimate leader. The missive of the assignment is publically work during the inauguration ceremony. There is not a shred of uncertainty that the halfway is utilized to peddle the power of Iran’s governmental Islam. It is besides utilized to enlistee disgruntled British individuals who are sent to Iran for training," helium claimed.

The Daily Telegraph reported successful precocious January that the U.K. authorities were investigating the Islamic Center of England for allegedly selling Hezbollah phone cases and pro-Iranian authorities cardinal rings. Britain has sanctioned the Iran-backed Lebanese violent movement, Hezbollah.

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A Google Maps photograph showing The Islamic Center of England successful London. (Google Maps)

The pro-Hezbollah and pro–Islamic Republic goods were reportedly sold astatine a bazaar that took spot connected Dec. 14, 2025, according to the paper. One cardinal ringing displayed the words, "With the kindness of God, Seyyed Ali [Khamenei] is our leader." The Islamic Republic of Iran’s supreme leader, Khamenei, would bid conscionable weeks aboriginal the execution of thousands of Iranian demonstrators.

The bazaar besides allegedly had stickers of the precocious IRGC planetary terrorist, Qassem Soleimani, who was liable for the murders of implicit 600 subject personnel, according to the Trump administration. President Trump ordered a drone onslaught successful January 2020 that killed Soleimani successful Iraq.

The Islamic Center of England is simply a registered charity. When asked astir reports of the Islamic Center’s relation successful selling pro-terrorist merchandise, a spokesperson for the U.K.’s Charity Commission told Fox News Digital, "As portion of our ongoing statutory enquiry into Islamic Center of England, we person raised concerns with the trustees astir worldly sold by 3rd parties astatine a caller lawsuit hosted astatine the charity’s premises. We instrumentality precise earnestly immoderate alleged links betwixt a foundation and extremism oregon terrorism. Such links are abhorrent and corrosive to the spot connected which the charitable assemblage depends."

A British Union emblem flies from a souvenir stall adjacent the Houses of Parliament successful London, UK, connected Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Azarmehr, however, countered that "The U.K. Charity Commission, the regulatory body, has been ‘investigating’ the halfway for 5 years with nary decisions and nary updates, different than appointing an interim director, but the halfway carries connected concern arsenic usual." He added, "The lone tangible effect is that each clip you marque a ailment to the foundation astir the center, they reply by saying that due to the fact that they are investigating the center, they cannot comment."

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He claimed that, "The archetypal caput of the center, Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, is present a subordinate of Iran’s almighty Assembly of Experts and a cardinal fig successful propagating Iran’s brushed powerfulness abroad. Araki’s household person U.K. citizenship. The erstwhile U.K. government, successful which Alicia Kearns was portion of its administration, adjacent paid the halfway successful excess of £100,000 successful COVID-19 furlough."

In this photograph released by the authoritative website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 4th from left, leads a supplication implicit the coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed successful Iraq successful a U.S. drone onslaught connected Friday, astatine the Tehran University campus, successful Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Kearns, who is presently the shadiness curate for location affairs for the absorption Conservative party, is present demanding that the Islamic Center beryllium shuttered. "These latest revelations of violent tat being sold by the Islamic Center of England are yet much grounds of wherefore the halfway indispensable beryllium closed and those liable for propagating violent propaganda look the law," she told the Telegraph.

"The figures being idealized are liable for the cold-blooded execution of tens of thousands of young Iranian protesters, adding to the galore determination and planetary crimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran," she said.

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A spokesperson for the Islamic Center of England told Fox News Digital that "The trustees instrumentality each concerns astir the halfway precise seriously. We are presently reviewing matters pertaining to the Dec. 14 lawsuit and, successful airy of this, are incapable to remark further astatine this time."

The EU announced past week that it has classified the IRGC arsenic a violent entity. The U.S., Canada and Australia person antecedently designated the IRGC arsenic a overseas violent organization. The IRGC played a cardinal relation successful the massacre of Iranian demonstrators past month.

Iranians stitchery portion blocking a thoroughfare during a protestation successful Tehran, Iran connected Jan. 9, 2026.   (MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

The proliferation of pro-Iran activism unfolded past play successful London. Nigel Farage, person of the Reform Party successful the United Kingdom, posted connected X:" When radical successful Britain are chanting enactment for the thuggish authorities successful Iran, we are successful superior occupation arsenic a nation."

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Video footage embedded successful Farage’s station and different clips connected societal media shows a premix of pro-Palestinian and pro-Iran authorities messaging astatine the protests.

Multiple Fox News Digital inquiries to the British premier minister’s bureau went unanswered.