Iran’s embassy in London has launched a recruitment campaign urging British-based Iranians to join a “martyrdom” initiative, according to reporting by the Daily Mail. The effort has alarmed security experts who view it as an online radicalization tool designed to identify and mobilize regime loyalists on British soil.
The embassy’s official Telegram channel posted messages in Persian calling on “proud Iranian compatriots residing in Britain” to register for the “Jan Fada” (literally “sacrificing life”) program. One message from April 15 declared: “Let us all, to a man, give our bodies to be slain; for it is better than giving our country to the enemy.”
Participants are directed to register through the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s consular platform, according to the report.
An embassy spokesperson disputed interpretations of the messaging, stating that the initiative “does not promote any form of hostility” and characterizing concerns as “biased judgments made hastily and without proper understanding.”
But security analysts say the program represents something far more sinister: a mechanism for identifying potential operatives willing to act on behalf of Iran inside the United Kingdom.
“This is an attempt at radicalization online of people who could be persuaded by the regime to commit acts in support of the Islamic Republic in the UK,” said Roger Macmillan, a former security director at Iran International. “This is a significant threat.”
The recruitment drive emerges amid an escalating pattern of Iran-linked violence in Britain. A newly formed terror group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya has claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks largely targeting Jewish institutions across the country.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged last week to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, though no legislation has yet been introduced. Scotland Yard has not publicly commented on the embassy’s messaging.
Similar outreach efforts by Iranian state actors are reportedly under investigation in Australia, suggesting the recruitment campaign extends beyond Britain.
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