U.K. says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community, bans Revolutionary Guard
The U.K. government has banned the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right (IMCR) and Iran's Revolutionary Guard following a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites. Officials allege that the IMCR acted as a proxy for the Iranian Quds Force to target Jewish communities and dissidents across Europe.
Why it matters
This escalation highlights growing geopolitical tensions between Iran and Western nations regarding state-sponsored sabotage and the protection of religious minorities.
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 on Monday (July 13, 2026).
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's powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
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 string of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London in recent months, including fires at synagogues and Jewish charity ambulances, as well as a Persian-language media organisation critical of Iran's government. No one were injured in the blazes.
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