British journalists warned of ‘credible threat’ from Iran

British-Iranian journalists have been warned of a ‘credible threat’ to their lives posed by a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. Television channel Iran International said it was ‘shocked and deeply concerned’ by the risks faced by its staff.Police have told journalists based in the UK the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been deployed to murder them, according to Harrow East MP Bob Blackman.He told the Commons: ‘British-Iranian reporters who are now sited in the UK have been issued with credible threats by the police that the IRGC threatens their lives.’Iran International, an independent UK-based Farsi-language news channel which employs two journalists whose heads are understood to have been marked, added that the Metropolitan Police had confirmed the threats were legitimate.It said in a statement: ‘Two of our British-Iranian journalists have, in recent days, been notified of an increase in the threats to them. An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military personnel. (Image: Getty)”The UK Met Police have now formally notified both journalists that these threats represent an imminent and significant risk to their lives and those of their families.’The channel said it was ‘shocked and deeply concerned by the credible threats to life its Iranian-British journalists have received from the IRGC’.Other members of its staff had, it added, ‘also been informed directly’ by the Metropolitan Police of ‘separate threats’.The journalists have not been identified for security reasons.READ MORE: Police detective trolled on social media by sexist comments Ali Khamenei. (Image: Getty)The reported threats come amid protest in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, while being held for ‘inappropriate attire’.Demonstrators have gathered across the country, at first protesting against the actions of ‘morality police’ and increasingly calling for the toppling of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime.Mr Blackman insisted it was surely time the UK proscribed the IRGC as a terrorist organisation.DON’T MISS: Hated Brexit deal ‘could shatter UK’ [OPINION] Farage blasts those blaming conflict in Ukraine for inflation [NEWS] Britons blast Tories and Labour who are ‘as bad as each other’ [OPINION] Bob Blackman. (Image: PA)He told the Commons: ‘Thousands of Iranians have been arrested for just demonstrating their support for people who have been murdered.’Now I’ve been supplied with long list of people who have been sentenced to death for just protesting. And even worse now, British-Iranian reporters who are now sited in the UK have been issued with credible threats by the police that the IRGC threatens their lives.”What more does the IRGC have to do before we proscribe them in their entirety?” Military power of Iran. (Image: Express)Foreign Office Minister David Rutley responded: “I know [Mr Blackman] feels very strongly about these issues and has raised them at the highest level with FCDO ministers.’We’ve been clear about our concerns with the IRGC’s continued destabilising activity throughout the region and the UK maintains a range of sanctions that work to constrain that destabilising activity.”The list of proscribed organisations is kept under constant review but we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.”