From the Telegraph
Iran has targeted “prominent Jewish individuals” among at least 15 attempts to kill or kidnap people in Britain, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has warned.
A report by the parliamentary committee tasked with overseeing the UK’s spy agencies warned of a “sharp increase” in the “physical threat” posed to critics of the regime.
Iranian intelligence services often use third-party agents to “attempt assassination” within the UK, the report warned, highlighting a particular threat to dissident media organisations and “prominent Jewish individuals”.
MI5 said: “It is not typically Iranian nationals that are conducting the operations themselves … They use criminal groups that you wouldn’t at all expect.”
In May, four Iranian men were arrested on charges of terrorism. A separate plot to target the Israeli embassy in London has seen another four Iranians detained.
Iran International, a news outlet critical of the regime, temporarily suspended its operations in 2023 following a series of threats to staff.
Pouria Zeraati, a London-based presenter for the channel, was attacked with a knife last year. Two Romanian men were arrested, allegedly working on behalf of the Iranian regime.
Between 2015 and 2019, Iran killed four dissidents in Europe – two in the Netherlands and two in Turkey, including one British-Iranian national.
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I wonder what effect recent events in Iran will have on this.