MI5 chief Ken McCallum has said the UK faces a heightened direct threat from Iran, which had threatened to 'kidnap or kill' 10 'enemies' based in Britain last year
MI5 director general Ken McCallum said the regime in Iran had plotted the assassination of at least 10 British residents deemed ‘enemies of the regime’.The head of MI5 has said the Iranian regime has "ambitions" to kidnap or kill Britons it sees as "enemies", and warned of "very real" threats posed by hostile states.
Drawing on a football analogy to hammer home his concerns, Mr McCallum said Russia "thinks nothing of throwing an elbow in the face, and routinely cheats to get its way." "We're alive to the risk of these teams loaning players to each other, amplifying their strengths", he added as he highlighted Iran providing support to Russia by supplying drones "inflicting misery in Ukraine"."At its sharpest, this includes ambitions to kidnap or even kill British or UK-based individuals perceived as enemies of the regime.
MI5 and the police have disrupted 37 late-stage terror attack plots since the start of 2017, including a further eight since Mr McCallum gave his last update on threats in July last year.
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