Iran likely behind arson attack on London Jewish ambulances, analysts say

25 March 2026, 8:17 am

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Burnt ambulances in a parking lot at Golders Green in London, March 23, 2026, after an arson attack on the four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)

Experts and security officials cited by The Guardian point to Iran as the likely culprit behind the arson attack against four Jewish community ambulances outside a synagogue in north London on Monday.

A video of the attack was published on Iran-linked social media channels by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, or “The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right,” which Israel’s Diaspora Ministry said last week was responsible for a series of attack on Jewish institutions in Europe.

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However, security officials close to the ambulance arson investigation say the “working assumption” at the moment is that “the group doesn’t exist and it is a front and a brand invented by Iranian intelligence or the Quds Force,” the Guardian says.

The Quds Force is the expeditionary unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for coordination with Iran’s terrorist proxies overseas.

Analysts say Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia name and visual branding draw inspiration from other Shiite groups supported by Iran, the Guardian notes.