UK bans IRGC and Iran-linked proxy group IMCR following antisemitic attacks on Jewish sites in Britain
The United Kingdom on July 13, 2026 announced bans on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a linked proxy group called the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right (IMCR), citing the groups' responsibility for a series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in London. The IMCR claimed seven attacks in the UK, including fires at synagogues and Jewish charity ambulances, with UK intelligence saying IRGC Quds Force 'almost certainly' directed the group's operations across Europe. The bans, pending parliamentary approval, were enacted under new legislation allowing state-linked groups to be designated threats, with penalties including life imprisonment for sabotage on their behalf.
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