Overview
- On June 10, 2026, 22 countries issued a joint statement naming Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organisation, the Quds Force and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security for "lethal plotting and other malign actions" in Europe, North America and Australia.
- The statement says Iran’s security services have long used international and local criminal groups as intermediaries, a tactic the signatories called "deplorable" and said complicates policing and attribution.
- The countries condemned a recent campaign of attacks across Europe that were claimed by the Iran-linked group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), including reported stabbings and arson targeting Jewish communities and community sites in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Australia has already taken unilateral steps in response to earlier incidents by expelling Iran’s ambassador, withdrawing its ambassador to Tehran, suspending embassy operations and designating the IRGC as a state sponsor of terrorism.
- The joint statement warned the attacks undermine sovereignty and international norms and said signatories are prepared to take further measures, a position that could prompt more sanctions, tighter protections for diaspora communities and deeper cross-border security cooperation.