A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the UK government said Monday.

The government said it is banning the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or IMCR, also known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia.

It also banned Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a threat to national security.

Committing sabotage on behalf of the groups will be punishable by up to life imprisonment after Parliament approves the legislation, which the government expects to take place by the end of the week.

The IRGC, which is already subject to British sanctions, has served as an elite military force loyal to the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader since being established after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Security Minister Angela Eagle said in a statement that the IMCR has claimed seven attacks in the UK.

The group sprang up online earlier this year and said online that it was responsible for a string of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London in recent months, including fires at synagogues and Jewish charity ambulances, as well as a Persian-language media organization critical of Iran’s government. No one was injured in the blazes.

The group has also claimed responsibility for synagogue attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands.

“Sitting behind IMCR were members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, who almost........

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