British Lawmakers Warn Iranian Threat to UK Is Significant and Rising

A report found that the British government was ill prepared to cope with the risk posed by the Islamic republic.
British Lawmakers Warn Iranian Threat to UK Is Significant and Rising
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran, Iran, on March 21, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Reuters
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Iran poses a significant, wide-ranging, and rising danger to the United Kingdom, for which the government is not fully prepared, according to a report released by British lawmakers on Thursday.

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee said the threat from Tehran ranged from physical attacks and possible assassinations of dissidents and Jewish targets, to espionage, cyberattacks, and its continued attempts to develop nuclear weapons.

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