Domestic Threat of Attack by Iranian Agents and Proxies ‘Significant’ And May Rise, Warns UK Govt

A minister of the British government said attacks by Iranian intelligence on the UK are already regularly ongoing and the threat may well increase as conflict progresses in the Middle East.

Business Secretary of the UK’s left-wing Labour Party-led government Jonathan Reynolds said espionage by the Iranian regime against Britain is already ongoing “at a significant level” and that he is “very” concerned about the risk of “Iranian-backed terrorism”.

Speaking to broadcaster Sky News after the United States launched precision strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities to deny the country a path to creating a nuclear weapon, Reynolds noted the pace of Iranian cyber attacks was intense, striking weekly, and that “There is Iranian activity on the streets of the UK, which is wholly unacceptable”.

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