(Sunday Times-UK) Caroline Wheeler - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the biggest threat to Britain's national security, Home Secretary Suella Braverman believes, amid fresh evidence of its reach into Britain. Intelligence reports say Iranian spies are attempting to recruit members of organized crime gangs to target regime opponents. A source close to the home secretary said, "They are getting much more aggressive and their appetite is increasing." MI5 warned last year that Tehran had been behind ten murder and kidnap plots and in February this year the Metropolitan Police said it had risen to 15.
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