نگرانى از ارتباط گروه‌های مرتبط با ایران از ایجاد تنش بر سر اسرائیل

British officials have identified more than half of UK-based groups with direct links to Tehran, as they fear the hostile government could stoke tensions over the conflict in Israel.

Official social media under Khamenei’s control have praised the widespread protest movement in the UK. The Velayat al-Faqih regime not only refused to condemn the crimes committed by Hamas, but described them as “legitimate self-defense”.

White House briefings conducted by intelligence and security organizations show that Tehran is connected with a main group of institutions to exert soft power, create influence and create tension. A wider network of mosques, charities and other organizations are also believed to have links to the regime. British officials have expressed particular concern about groups that appear to be from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has a reputation for brutality.

Institutions that are directly related to Tehran include the Islamic Center of England, which is at the research center of the Charity Commission, and the Islamic Human Rights Commission, an advocacy group related to the Islamic Republic, which represent a part of the wider picture of the Islamic Republic’s influence campaign. They have been accused of disinformation and extremism in Britain.

Protests

Incendiary leaflets handed out by Hamas supporters in central London last Saturday used Khamenei’s description of Israel – the “Zionist usurper regime” – as a cancerous tumor that must be eradicated. The hateful leaflets claimed that the “resistance movement” in Palestine was “more energetic, alive and ready than ever”. These people also had photos of Khamenei in their hands, who announced the regime’s support for the “Resistance” militants and the Hamas group following the crimes of the 7th of October (October 15), and on their placards it was written, “The Zionist regime is being destroyed.”

It is not clear whether these materials were distributed by activists in direct communication with Tehran or by others who took matters into their own hands. However, it has happened a week after the private warnings of the anti-terrorist officers about the increase in hostile activity in the demonstrations that were directly related to the regime of the Islamic Republic.

The British-Iranian opponents of the Islamic Republic regime also believe that the supporters of the Islamic Republic have organized the demonstrations of Hamas supporters and are actively participating in them in order to fuel unrest in Britain.

Also, the supporters and supporters of the Islamic Republic regime have shared Khamenei’s propaganda on their social media in recent days. The Union of Islamic Student Associations in Europe, which has active branches in the UK and several other European countries, shared a clip of Khamenei’s speech with images from the London protests on Wednesday on Telegram. It was in August that it was revealed that this group, which has the clear support of the leader of the Islamic State, hosted several senior figures of the IRGC in virtual talks held for English students and encouraged them to fight in the “apocalyptic war” against their enemies. “Iran” and Jews.

This group, among which the name of the officials did not appear, previously denied any connection with Tehran, including direct or indirect dependence on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

At the same time, the official accounts of the Islamic Republic on the “X” channel share the propaganda of Hamas supporters

The connection of Hamas and “Resistance” supporters in Britain with Tehran

At least one group that British officials believe has direct ties to Tehran, the Islamic Human Rights Commission, has been present at recent demonstrations. On Saturday, the demonstrators carried placards that read “Resistance victory!” Standing against the Israeli occupation is a right and a duty!” The website address was written on this banner and the logo of the Islamic Human Rights Commission was printed on it.

Of course, there is no evidence that the marchers in this demonstration confirm the views of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which was criticized by William Shawcross in an independent investigation to prevent its activity. He described this group as an Islamic group that is ideologically aligned with the Iranian regime and has a history of “extremist connections and terrorist alignments”. Shawcross also cited a 2017 press release that described an Islamist militant as “unparalleled fundamentalism,” saying senior figures in the organization supported “jihad” and violent actions and advocated “the elimination and eradication of Zionists.”

According to the list published by Companies House, until last December, the director of the Islamic Human Rights Commission was Saeed Reza Ameli. Based in North London, the organization provides advocacy and legal advice as well as action on a wide range of matters.

Last year, the Times newspaper reported that Aamili was the secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution in Iran, which issued strict guidelines on the mandatory hijab. He said that stricter laws are needed for “social health and protection of the family”!

Masoud Shajareh, one of the founders and head of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, has praised Iran as “the only country that stands without hesitation in the direction of Islam, against oppression, tyranny and its independence”!

Masih Alinjad, one of the women’s rights activists, previously considered this “Iranian Human Rights Organization” as a “propaganda tool” for the Islamic Republic.

“Islamic Center of England” is another organization that is said to be directly related to Tehran. The Charity Commission honored Qassem Soleimani, the military commander of the Quds Force, after two events in 2020, who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq in the same year.

Since then, the commission has launched an investigation into the charity’s management and administration. The “Imam” of this organization, Seyyed Hashim Mousavi, who resigned from his position as a secretary in December, citing the “Registration Organization of Institutions”, described Qassem Soleimani as a “sacrificing soldier of Islam” who died at the hands of “the most evil people of the human race”. praised

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in 2021 that Mousavi is “Khamenei’s official religious representative in the UK”, while British MP Alicia Cairns, who also chairs the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, called ICE the “London office” of the IRGC. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has described it, while Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Israel, has described it as a “cancerous tumor” that must be “eradicated”.

White House officials have also pointed to a network of other organizations, including mosques and educational centers, some of which are related to the Islamic Republic of Iran Embassy.

In the meantime, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps accused The Times newspaper of identifying all pro-Palestinian groups as extremists or as spies of the Iranian government and of establishing a “McCarthy Space” to protect Israel from criticism! This parallel and unorthodox military institution also accused Shawkras of open hostility towards Muslims and said that the Times’ information sources were “those who have drunkenly talked about extremists”.

The IRGC added: “No serious official who knows about our work and our management team can achieve such results.”

ICE officials said in a statement that Mousavi is no longer the director and that his role is now “spiritual and not political.” They said they cooperated with the commission’s investigation and operated ICE “within the appropriate legal framework.”

They also said that this center does not protect the interests of Iran or any other country and is a place of worship and Islamic teachings, and they claimed that the accusations related to the connection with the IRGC and the Tehran regime were “baseless”.

Khamenei’s media teams have also used the demonstrations in England as part of their propaganda machine. In his speech on Wednesday, he quipped that the “London Basij Force” must have started this demonstration.

He also pointed to “the senselessness that came and said that the gathering of people in England is the work of Iran”.

Vahid Beheshti, a 46-year-old activist against the regime of the Islamic Republic, who was attacked in this demonstration, believes that he was angered by Khamenei. He has repeatedly emphasized that IRGC operatives have infiltrated these demonstrations in the past few weeks and he himself was attacked on October 23 by activists carrying pictures of Khamenei and Soleimani. A man was arrested for holding a knife in public and after threatening to cut off Vahid Beheshti’s head.

Clips on Khamenei’s official Twitter account praise British demonstrators who “fearlessly showed their support for the Palestinians.” One of the clips shows a Briton climbing Sheffield City Hall to remove the Israeli flag and replace it with a Palestinian flag, with the words “Victory belongs to the oppressed and the righteous” appearing in the video.

A similar video shared by Khamenei’s account tells all audiences around the world “regardless of whether they are Muslim or not” to “confront the usurping Zionist regime”.

These words are almost immediately followed by a montage of clips of demonstrations in London, with Big Ben and other famous London landmarks in the background, while demonstrators in English accents chant: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” became”. They mean from the West Bank of the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea and the destruction of Israel.