London charity investigated over alleged links to Tehran

(Iran International) On Friday, the Times revealed that police in London and the Charity Commission are investigating Dar Alhekma Trust (DAT), a charity with alleged links to Iran.

The investigation, led by a national unit focused on terrorist financing, follows a dossier suggesting connections to groups backed by Tehran. DAT and the associated Abrar Islamic Foundation (AIF), also based in London, deny any wrongdoing.

The Charity Commission started a regulatory compliance case into DAT and AIF but paused it while law enforcement reviewed the dossier. One DAT trustee has praised a commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and described the October 7 Hamas attacks by saying Palestinians “rose up and became the master of the situation.”

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