British counter-terrorism officers are monitoring closely if Iran will try to exploit the Israel-Hamas war for its own ends in the UK, amid wider anxieties that Tehran is an increasing security menace to dissidents and critics.

Concerns about Russia and China are well established, but Iran’s campaign of intimidation and harassment has been the most visible development in the domestic threat picture over the last 12 months.

 

The fear now is whether Iran will seek to encourage radical groups or even terrorist activities in the UK as Israel’s deadly bombardment and ground assault of Gaza continues, although it is not clear there is any evidence of this to date. “We’re alive to the risk,” one source said.

 

Such a development would be a significant step up in terms of Iranian state activity in the UK, although such is the intensity of the crisis unleashed in the Middle East over the past three weeks that nothing is being ruled out by insiders, who know that violent conflict abroad can radicalise or galvanise individuals to violence at home.

Last November, Ken McCallum, MI5’s director, said Iran had been engaged in 10 plots “to kidnap or even kill British or UK-based individuals” in that year to date. By February this year the figure had increased to 15. No more recent number is available.

Many of those targeted were journalists based in the UK, including employees of the independent TV station Iran International, which was forced to close its previous UK office in February and relocate to a more secure facility, from which its London bureau was able to resume broadcasting in September.

 

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Perhaps the British counter-terrorism officers should have told Sunak that it wasn't a good idea rushing off to brown nose netanyahu so early on. He's now lost the moral high ground to complain if he made Britain and the British a target. Something about thousands of dead Palestinian children does tend to upset people.

 

Perhaps he can send a tank to sit outside Heathrow to fend off the invading hordes and keep Britain safe.

On 10/31/2023 at 3:18 PM, Social Media said:

The fear now is whether Iran will seek to encourage radical groups or even terrorist activities in the UK as Israel’s deadly bombardment and ground assault of Gaza continues, although it is not clear there is any evidence of this to date. “We’re alive to the risk,” one source said.

Huh! IMO the threat isn't likely to happen in the UK when so many soft British targets are wandering around the world, ripe for attack.

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps the British counter-terrorism officers should have told Sunak that it wasn't a good idea rushing off to brown nose netanyahu so early on. He's now lost the moral high ground to complain if he made Britain and the British a target. Something about thousands of dead Palestinian children does tend to upset people.

 

Perhaps he can send a tank to sit outside Heathrow to fend off the invading hordes and keep Britain safe.

Huh! IMO the threat isn't likely to happen in the UK when so many soft British targets are wandering around the world, ripe for attack.

 

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