{"id":5183,"date":"2026-07-13T17:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:05:50","slug":"uk-says-iran-backed-group-jewish-community-attacks-bans-revolutionary-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5183","title":{"rendered":"UK says Iran-backed group Jewish community attacks, bans Revolutionary Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">LONDON &#8212; <\/span>A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The government said it is banning the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or IMCR, also known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia. It also banned Iran\u2019s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a statement, Security Minister Angela Eagle said that the IMCR has claimed seven attacks in the U.K. The group had said online that it was responsible for a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-iran-persian-arson-arrests-b117a0fa6670bfbe7ab9f3b4ddb92efd\">string of arson attacks<\/a> on Jewish sites in <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/london\">London<\/a> in recent months, including fires at synagogues and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/london-golders-green-ambulance-arson-antisemitism-hatzola-493f0d803b9c197a158d8f970eeb0998\">Jewish charity ambulances<\/a>, as well as a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-iran-arson-persian-language-media-630aea146e4bbe42a8f6c4ddf61317ec\">Persian-language media organization<\/a> critical of Iran\u2019s government. No one were injured in the blazes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cSitting behind IMCR were members of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, who almost certainly directed IMCR attacks across Europe,\u201d she said. Quds, or Jerusalem, Force is the Guard\u2019s expeditionary unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The group sprang up online earlier this year and has <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rotterdam-synagogue-attack-terror-suspects-netherlands-bfeb59e918d0678848fc564da3b1df31\">also claimed responsibility for synagogue attacks<\/a> in Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Law enforcement officials and intelligence experts say Iran-backed proxy groups are behind a growing number of attacks in Europe, most targeting the Jewish community and Persian-language media critical of Iran\u2019s Islamic government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They typically work by recruiting members of criminal groups to carry out sabotage and other attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Earlier this month, two Romanian men were given prison sentences over the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-pouria-zeraati-iran-international-tv-1eefb01cbd5e8f1e25de97c53c333524\">stabbing of a journalist<\/a> from a Persian-language television station, an attack the judge said was carried out <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iranian-journalist-stabbed-trial-pouria-zeraati-london-fdf8dba164fd7f0835aa18ca9e6c1d87\">on behalf of the Iranian state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There was no immediate comment from Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The European Union in January listed the Revolutionary Guard as a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/european-union-iran-revolutionary-guard-terrorist-f7d9d64b1302cfc2d9311417b2dfeaf6\">terrorist organization<\/a> over Tehran\u2019s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-protests-nationwide-scale-us-trump-0eecd9962240600150530261dfab03f2\">bloody crackdown on protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON &#8212; A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said Monday. The government said it is banning the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or IMCR, also known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia. 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