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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Counter-terror chiefs on alert for Iranian activity in UK exploiting Gaza war

Flags on top of protest placards.
The Foreign Office’s decision to not designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group has been criticised. Photograph: Robin Pope/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

British counter-terrorism officers are monitoring closely if Iran will try to exploit the Israel-Hamas war for its own ends in the UK, amid wider anxieties that Tehran is an increasing security menace to dissidents and critics.

Concerns about Russia and China are well established, but Iran’s campaign of intimidation and harassment has been the most visible development in the domestic threat picture over the last 12 months.

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