Demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street in central London, where they demanded the IRGC be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. The special armed forces organisation has already been heavily sanctioned in recent years, but there are growing calls for the Prime Minister to go further. Laila Jazayeri, director of the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK, said the IRGC had already gone too far. (The UK Government) should help get access to internet for the Iranian people,” she said. Dissent against the Islamic Republic has spread around the world, with a protester in London tearing down the country’s flag from its embassy on Saturday.

Source: The Times January 11, 2026 22:55 UTC