UK-Iran relations

UK government does all but admit Iran is behind attacks on British soil - analysis

Throughout the UK government and institutions, naming Iran, the IRGC, or even HAYI at times, has been avoided in favor of the more nebulous and anonymous "hostile states" and "state-linked actors."

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, and British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speak with members of the Jewish community during a visit to Golders Green, north west London, Britain, April 30, 2026.
Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade (16 Air Asslt Bde) set up and fly their military drones after jumping from a Royal Air Force (RAF) A400M transport aircraft onto Salisbury Plain at Copehill Down training facility on March 30, 2026.

Iran war exposes weakened state of Britain's armed forces - explainer

Police officers stand outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, in London, Britain March 21, 2023.

UK counter terror officers join probe after car hits pedestrians, injuring seven

Demonstrators gather as Stop the Hate UK holds a protest calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to support the Iranian people, proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and free Iran from the Islamic Republic, outside Downing Street, London, Britain, January 11, 2026.

Report reveals Iranian soft-power infrastructure in the United Kingdom through charity sector


Donald Trump applauded by Orthodox Jewish education group

To Trump's apparent annoyment, the crowd gave the commuting a bigger applause than to the moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem.

 Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022.

UK Conservatives, Labour urge Johnson gov’t to step up against Iran

They also criticized the UK government for not supporting the US attempt to reinstate the arms embargo and causing a rift with the US.

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

UK sends HMS Defender warship to tense Middle East

It will join the HMS Montrose and HMS Kent. The Monstrose has already been involved in warning Iranian IRGC fast boats from approaching UK-flagged ships.

A crew member raises the Iranian flag on Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar

What was Iran thinking trying to seize British tanker?

Why would the IRGC, which is already designated a terrorist organization, launch a brazen attack when a British warship was nearby.

British warship arrives at Hamad port ahead of Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference, in Doha