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MI5 Chief: 20 Iranian-Linked Threats Foiled in UK
(Independent-UK) Tom Watling - Ken McCallum, the head of Britain's MI5, said Tuesday that British intelligence has thwarted 20 Tehran-backed plots that "presented potentially lethal threats to British citizens" since the start of 2022. "We've seen plot after plot here in the UK, at an unprecedented pace and scale." "As events unfold in the Middle East, we will give our fullest attention to the risk of an increase in - or broadening of - Iranian state aggression in the UK." He gave an example from December when a man was jailed for reconnaissance he had carried out against the then-headquarters of the Iran International media organization. He added that 75% of counter-terrorism operations involve investigating Islamist extremism.