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UK summons senior Iranian diplomat over alleged proxy attacks in Europe
Britain said the IRGC Quds Force directed proxy attacks across Europe, and new powers could bring up to 14 years in prison for supporters.
- Britain has summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat in London, Chargé d’Affaires Ali Nasimfar, over accusations that Tehran is actively directing proxy groups to execute hostile operations across Europe.
- The UK Foreign Office linked Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force to a proxy network called the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right .
- Intel reports accuse the group of carrying out a wave of targeted attacks across Europe between March and May, specifically aiming at sites associated with Jewish and pro-Israel communities, as well as UK-based, Persian-language dissident media outlets.
- The diplomatic showdown follows Britain’s decision to formally designate the IRGC and its affiliated groups under expanded national security powers, a legislative framework aimed at disrupting foreign state-backed sabotage and surveillance.
- While Tehran has historically denied using foreign proxies, the British government declared Iran's escalating intelligence activities "completely unacceptable" and vowed to use all necessary measures to protect the public.
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Britain wants to classify the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a threat to national security and thus ban them de facto. Those who support the group must expect long prison terms in the future. Tehran responds.
·Berlin, Germany
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Britain is cracking down on the Revolutionary Guard and its proxies in Europe after a growing wave of attacks against Jewish and Western targets.
·Aarhus, Denmark
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The military considered Britain's move to label the Revolutionary Guards "terrorists" a sign of the country's malignity.
·Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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UK summons senior Iranian diplomat over alleged proxy attacks in Europe
Britain on Tuesday summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in London over what the UK government said was Iran's role in directing proxy groups to carry out attacks across Europe in recent months.
·London, United Kingdom
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right6Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Right
Bias Distribution
- 55% of the sources lean Right
55% Right
L 18%
C 27%
R 55%
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