Britain bans IRGC, 2 proxy groups after 7 antisemitic attacks
What's next: If Parliament approves, anyone aiding the groups or carrying out sabotage for them could face life in prison.
Britain moved to outlaw support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an Iran-linked group called the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right and a volunteer wing tied to Russia's GRU after a series of antisemitic attacks in Britain. The government said the Companions of the Right claimed seven attacks on Jewish- and Israeli-linked sites and a Persian-language media outlet, including the torching of four Jewish community ambulances in London. Under new state-threat powers, prosecutors would no longer need to prove a direct foreign government link in every case. If lawmakers sign off on the designations, backing the groups could bring up to 14 years in prison and sabotage offenses could carry life sentences.