UK Designates Foreign Bodies Under New National Security Act

On 14 July 2026 the UK laid draft regulations to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right, and Russia's GRU Volunteer Corps as threats under the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026, criminalizing support and enabling penalties up to life imprisonment; the report also notes recent UK–EU joint cyber sanctions targeting Russian state-linked cyber actors and that Parliament is reviewing the regulations.