US EditionIran Threats in UK ‘Significantly Increased’: Intelligence Watchdog
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 10 – UK lawmakers report at least 15 Iran-backed assassination or kidnapping attempts since 2022 amid concerns over espionage, cyber attacks, and nuclear ambitions, urging stronger government action.
- On July 10, 2023, the UK parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee released a report highlighting a sharp rise in threats from Iran against individuals residing in the UK, including at least 15 incidents since 2022 involving efforts to murder or abduct British nationals and residents.
- Since early 2022, evidence gathered up to August 2023 shows at least 15 Iran-backed attempts targeting dissidents, journalists, and Jewish individuals within the UK using proxies such as criminal groups and other nationalities.
- The report describes how Iran conducts cognitive warfare in the UK by leveraging its intelligence agencies, government communication channels, and organizations supported by Iranian funding to disseminate its narratives. Despite these efforts across various platforms, their influence on public opinion and electoral outcomes in the UK has been minimal.
- Lord Beamish, chair of the committee, warned that Iran represents a broad, ongoing, and uncertain danger to the UK, exhibiting a strong willingness to take risks in its offensive operations. Meanwhile, MI5 has uncovered 20 covert plots supported by Iran that could endanger the safety of British citizens and residents.
- The committee urged the UK government to adopt a stronger long-term strategy, consider proscribing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, and warn Tehran that attacks on UK soil would receive firm responses.
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