UK faces rising and unpredictable threat from Iran, report warns

The UK faces a “rising” and unpredictable threat from Iran and the government must do more to counter it, Parliament’s intelligence and security committee has warned.

The call comes as it publishes the results of a major inquiry which examined Iranian state assassinations and kidnap, espionage, cyber attacks and the country’s nuclear programme.

The committee, which is tasked with overseeing Britain’s spy agencies, has raised particular concern over the “sharp increase” in physical threats posed against opponents of the Iranian regime in the UK.

“Iran poses a wide-ranging, persistent and unpredictable threat to the UK, UK nationals and UK interests,” said Lord Beamish, committee chair.

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