A shadow organization linked to the terrorist Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly claimed responsibility for a Monday morning arson attack in the heavily Jewish area of Golders Green, London, marking the latest escalation in a violent campaign targeting European Jewry.
The group, calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right), released a video through “Axis of Resistance” networks claiming they targeted the Machzike Hadath synagogue due to its purported “ties to Israel.”
A video purpotedly by Ashab al-Yamin has emerged on social networks linked to the Iran-led Islamic Resistance claiming responsibility for the arson attack in Golders Green, London on Monday morning. The group claims it attacked the Machzike Hadath Synagogue because of its ties to… pic.twitter.com/UUsN6RmIad
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) March 23, 2026
While the group’s propaganda focused on the synagogue, footage from the scene revealed a more chaotic reality. The primary damage was sustained by four ambulances belonging to Hatzolah, a Jewish volunteer emergency service. The fire caused onboard oxygen cylinders to detonate, sending shrapnel into nearby structures.
Analysts note that, unlike previous professionally produced videos from the group, this latest release did not show the perpetrators in the act, suggesting a shift in operational security or a failed attempt to strike the building itself.
The London attack is the fourth major incident linked to Ashab al-Yamin since its emergence in early March 2026. The group has already claimed responsibility for:
- An explosion at a synagogue in Liège, Belgium (March 9).
- An attack on a Jewish site in Greece (March 11).
- A Molotov cocktail attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam and the firebombing of a Jewish school in Amsterdam (March 13).
Ashab al-Yamin also claimed responsibility for an explosion at the World Trade Center in Amsterdam on March 15, 2026, and released a video stating it was the “final warning to the peoples of the world, especially in the European Union, to distance yourselves immediately from all American and Zionist interests and everything connected to them.”
The group’s justification for the London strike relied on a distorted historical narrative, claiming the synagogue was a “bastion of support for Israel” due to a century-old link to a rabbi they erroneously labeled the “first chief rabbi of Israel.” In reality, Machzike Hadath is a small, local place of worship serving a primarily ultra-Orthodox community.
The attack has ignited fury within the British Jewish and Persian-exile communities, who have spent years pleading with the UK government to proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Critics argue that the Home Office and police have been derelict in their duty, failing to act against activists who use IRGC-sponsored media platforms to broadcast “deranged conspiracies” targeting specific Jewish schools, synagogues, and families.
“They failed—and now this,” remarked one social media user, claiming there has been a collapse of private prosecutions against known extremists when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the courts refused to intervene.
An IRGC-affiliated terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Apparently, their actual target was not the ambulances but the Machzike Hadath synagogue next door. They have previously attacked synagogues in Liège and Greece on Wednesday, as well as carrying out an… https://t.co/f7JZyp5bJh pic.twitter.com/cUEG8WHUSG
— Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) March 23, 2026
Security agencies in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Israel view Ashab al-Yamin as a “shell” organization designed to provide Tehran with plausible deniability. Its logo — a raised arm clutching a rifle against a globe — is a transparent imitation of IRGC and Hezbollah iconography.
Following the February 2026 preemptive strikes against the Iranian regime, experts warn that Tehran has “loosened the reins,” directing proxies to transition from intelligence gathering to active, violent sabotage against civilian “soft targets” across the Diaspora.
