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.”
Tehran poses a “wide-ranging, persistent and unpredictable threat to the UK, UK nationals and UK interests”, said Lord Beamish, the chairman of the ISC.
“We highlight in particular our concern at the sharp increase in the physical threat posed to dissidents and other opponents of the regime who are in the UK, given Iran’s willingness to use assassination as an instrument of state policy.”
Perhaps proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps might be a start.
CST's statement on the recently published Intelligence & Security Committee Report on Iran pic.twitter.com/ZUcL5keJFI
— CST (@CST_UK) July 10, 2025
Mick Hartley 
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