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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Taylor

Britain sends fresh warning to Iran over ‘hostile activity on UK soil’

  • Foreign secretary Ed Miliband met Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York .
  • Miliband warned that the UK will not tolerate threats, intimidation, or hostile activity on British soil from Iranian-linked groups.
  • The foreign secretary urged Iran to choose de-escalation and diplomacy, emphasising the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to protect global security.
  • The meeting follows warnings from security agencies regarding Iranian state-linked cyber actors using spyware to target regime critics and harvest sensitive data.
  • Miliband demanded the immediate release of detained British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman from Tehran's Evin prison.

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