UK says Iran-backed group Jewish community attacks, bans Revolutionary Guard
Summary
The U.K. government says a group supported by Iran attacked Jewish sites in Britain with fires and vandalism. It has banned this group, called the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right (IMCR), and also banned Iran’s Revolutionary Guard for their role in these attacks.Key Facts
- The IMCR, a group backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for at least seven attacks on Jewish sites in the U.K.
- These attacks included arson (setting fires) at synagogues, Jewish charity ambulances, and a Persian-language media group.
- No injuries were reported in these attacks.
- The IMCR is linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, which plans attacks in Europe.
- The IMCR has also attacked Jewish sites in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Iranian-backed proxy groups often recruit criminals to carry out sabotage and violence in Europe.
- The European Union designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group earlier in the year.
- Two Romanian men were recently jailed for stabbing a journalist from a Persian-language TV station in an attack tied to Iran.
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