U.K. says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community, bans Revolutionary Guard

A series of attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said as it banned its Revolutionary Guard.

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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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.