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Starmer Vows IRGC Ban Amid £20k Synagogue Security Costs

4/24/2026

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned states are using proxies for attacks on Jewish sites and pledged legislation to proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Synagogues spend £20,000 each month on security guards, a cost the United Synagogue president called a “tax on being Jewish”.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis urged prime minister to ban the IRGC and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called attacks a determined, intimidatory series deserving outrage.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned states are using proxies for attacks on Jewish sites and pledged legislation to proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Synagogues spend £20,000 each month on security guards, a cost the United Synagogue president called a “tax on being Jewish”.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis urged prime minister to ban the IRGC and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called attacks a determined, intimidatory series deserving outrage.