Starmer accuses Iran of seeking ‘to harm British Jews’ after London terror attack

By AFP 30 April 2026, 6:25 pm

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, meets first responders from Shomrim North West London during a visit to Golders Green, April 30, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accuses Iran of wanting “to harm British Jews,” in the wake of the latest terror attack targeting the country’s Jewish community.

“We need stronger powers to tackle the malign threat posed by states like Iran, because we know for a fact that they want to harm British Jews,” he says in a statement delivered from Downing Street.

It comes the day after two Jewish men were stabbed in the street in north London, and following repeated warnings by Starmer and other officials that hostile states were intent on using proxies to conduct terror attacks in the UK.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.