Home secretary pledges new powers to target foreign intelligence agencies seeking to recruit 'criminals and misfits'

Hostile state actors face terrorism-style sanctions amid Iranian spies row

HOSTILE state actors will face terrorism-style sanctions in a crackdown announced after three Iranian nationals were charged with spying. It would finally see foreign agents like Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps slapped with “threat notices” akin to proscription for extremist groups. GettyYvette Cooper has accepted the recommendations of a security review by the government’s terrorism tsar Jonathan Hall[/caption] Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yes…

New law to proscribe hostile state-linked groups

Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, announced the new proposal after months of warnings about attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp in Britain

Russian and Iranian spies dealt huge blow as new powers set to catch them out

Spooks from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and others could be 'named and shamed' and proscribed as state-based threats

Home secretary pledges new powers to target foreign intelligence agencies seeking to recruit 'criminals and misfits'

Recommendations include greater stop and search powers and the removal of suspects' passports, while foreign agents operating in the UK could also be criminalised.

New powers to tackle hostile state threats after Iran spying charges

The Home Office will introduce new laws that will allow the UK to proscribe state-based groups such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. New powers will be drawn up to tackle threats from hostile states, the Home Secretary has announced, after three Iranian nationals were charged with spying offences. Yvette Cooper told MPs the cases come as there are a “series of grave wider issues” for national security as the defendants were charged w…

UK Plans New Powers to Tackle Rise in Iran-Backed Threats

Britain plans to strengthen its ability to crack down on state-backed terrorist threats following an increase in security incidents involving Iranian nationals in the UK, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Monday.