
The UK government has moved to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state threat, introducing legislation that makes supporting the group a criminal offence carrying life imprisonment, following a series of Iran-backed anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish sites in London. This marks a significant escalation in Western nations formally identifying Iran's proxy network as a direct threat — a pattern Scripture associates with the gathering of nations against Israel and the Jewish people in the last days. Zechariah 12:3 warns that all nations will be drawn into conflict over Jerusalem, and the increasing targeting of Jewish communities globally reflects the ancient enmity that Bible prophecy says will intensify before Christ's return.