UK government warns of Iranian assassination threat

Iran's intelligence services are now considered the most dangerous state-level threat to Britain

That's according to a new report from the UK Parliament, and it's raising concerns far beyond British borders

The UK's Intelligence and Security Committee says Iran has stepped up efforts to intimidate

kidnap or kill people inside the United Kingdom. Officials say British security services have disrupted at least 15 plots since 2022

targeting descendants, dual nationals and individuals tied to Israel. The committee describes Iran's intelligence network as ferociously well-resourced

and says British policy has focused too narrowly on Tehran's nuclear program

while underestimating other threats. The report warns Iran also carries out cyber attacks, online harassment and digital espionage

The U.K. now ranks just behind the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as a top target for Iranian cyber operations

And tensions resurfaced earlier this month when a top Iranian official joked on state TV about launching a drone strike on President Donald Trump U intelligence agencies have previously warned of credible threats tied to Iran retaliation for the 2020 killing of General Qasem Soleimani Iranian leaders have pushed back

In an interview with Tucker Carlson, President Masoud Pazeshkiyan denied his government had

anything to do with assassination plots, calling it a false narrative pushed by Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was Netanyahu since 1984 has created this false mentality

that Iran seeks a nuclear bomb and it has insinuated that Iran is trying to develop a

nuclear bomb in the past. Iran's embassy in London called the UK report defamatory and rejected the

claims. The report has already gone to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who now has 60 days

to respond. ysts say it could lead to closer counterintelligence work with NATO partners

including the U.S., as Western governments reassess Iran's reach beyond its borders

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