U.K.: Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community
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LONDON — 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.
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LONDON (AP) — 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-Isl…
The U.K. government says a proxy group backed by Iran is responsible for recent arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain. On Monday, the government announced a ban on the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right. They also banned Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Britain also outlaws Tehran-linked IMCR over string of arsons, other antisemitic incidents in London this year; those who aid either group could face life in prison
LONDON — 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.
