Iran Link to Golders Green Ambulance Attack? | Tehran

An arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity in Golders Green, London, is likely linked to Iran, investigators and experts suggest, as a series of similar incidents targeting Jewish sites across Western Europe have emerged in recent weeks.

Iran’s Potential Role in Attacks

Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan police, described a “very relevant and rolling threat” from Iran to the UK, specifically targeting Jewish communities, but cautioned against attributing the Golders Green attack to Tehran prematurely. Experts and security officials, however, point to Iran’s involvement in a series of similar attacks using low-tech incendiary devices.

Four days after a US-Israel offensive against Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s al-Quds force warned that “the enemy should know that their happy days are over and they will no longer be safe anywhere in the world, not even in their own homes.”

Attacks have also been reported in Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, all linked to Iran by local authorities. In Europe, an improvised explosive device detonated outside a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, on March 9, followed by a similar incident in Rotterdam, Netherlands, four days later.

Incidents in Europe and Claims of Responsibility

A Jewish school and a commercial centre in Amsterdam were also targeted with incendiary bombs. Two teenagers were arrested in Antwerp, Belgium, after a vehicle outside a Jewish-owned business was torched. A group calling itself Harakat al-Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), or the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Righteous, claimed responsibility for the Golders Green attack, posting a video of the burning vehicles and referencing a “historic bond” between Israel and the Machzike Hadath synagogue.

Some reports have equated HAYI with organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, but experts suggest this comparison is far-fetched, and the group’s existence is unclear. Security officials believe HAYI may be a front created by Iranian intelligence or the Quds force.

The video of the Golders Green attack was first broadcast on social media channels affiliated with Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a pro-Iranian Shia militia organized, funded, and trained by the Revolutionary Guards.

Iran’s History of Unconventional Warfare

Iran has a history of using unconventional attacks against its enemies while attempting to maintain plausible deniability. Recent investigations in Sweden, Greece, and the US have revealed Iranian intelligence recruiting individuals to carry out attacks, often utilizing criminal networks. Two Iranians were recently charged with conducting hostile surveillance on the Jewish community in London.

A Pakistani man was convicted in Brooklyn earlier this month for planning to assassinate Donald Trump and Joe Biden as part of an Iranian plot, admitting during his trial that the Guard Corps tasked him with political assassinations in retaliation for the 2020 killing of Qassem Suleimani.

The Golders Green attack is currently being investigated as an antisemitic hate crime, though the possibility of independent action by individuals or groups has not been ruled out. It follows an attack on a synagogue in Manchester less than six months prior. There were 3,700 antisemitic incidents recorded in the UK in 2025, the second-highest level ever recorded.

Experts note that the recent wave of attacks has not been lethal, suggesting a deliberate attempt by Iran to send a message without causing significant casualties.