The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to \u201csevere\u201d after the stabbings, meaning a terrorist attack in the country is \u201chighly likely\u201d. <\/p>\n
The attacks have included the attempted firebombing of the Iran International TV station, a broadcaster critical of the Tehran regime. While those incidents have been concentrated in north London, many of those detained are from outside the city.<\/p>\n
In recent weeks there have been a series attacks on mainly Jewish targets claimed by a new group, Harakat Ashab Al Yamin Al Islamia, which translates as the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand. It is also known as Ashab Al Yamin.<\/p>\n
The group is widely believed by experts to be a front for Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> (IRGC) and is part of Tehran\u2019s efforts to sow division in Europe.<\/p>\n As The National has revealed, Iran is using social media to groom<\/a> people to carry out attacks on Jewish targets in the UK, giving it a much greater geographical reach, beyond the need to have face-to-face contact with potential recruits. A map reveals how far and wide the pool of potential attackers has stretched.<\/p>\n Attacks in Europe began<\/a> with the firebombing of synagogue in Belgium, followed by attacks on Jewish targets in the Netherlands. But soon the focus of Ashab Al Yamin\u2019s activities centred on the UK.<\/p>\n A familiar pattern has emerged<\/a> of a reported attack followed by a video posted on its own Telegram channel, or those of Iran<\/a>-aligned Iraqi Shiite militia groups, often showing a petrol bomb being thrown at a target, accompanied by a message in English and Hebrew.<\/p>\n Since an attack on ambulances run by the Jewish charity Hatzola in Golders Green on March 23, counter-terrorism police have made 28 arrests linked to various incidents in the UK. Many have been in London, but people have also been arrested in the area just north of the capital, extending to the town of Stevenage, about 50km away.<\/p>\n But arrests have been made as far as Barnstaple in Devon (340km from London) and Birmingham (190km from the capital).<\/p>\n Incidents have included attempted arson attacks on the former offices of a Jewish charity and synagogues in areas of north London with large populations. A drone was also flown near the Israeli embassy in the city.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KX5AMDHBSRGMFM2WHGW3I5O4FY.jpg\")
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