Iran’s threat to UK on a par with Russia’s, security report finds

Metropolitan police guarding the entrance to Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Jeff Gilbert/Alamy

Iran’s intimidation, including the fear of physical attack and assassination of Iranian dissidents living in the UK, is comparable in scale to the threat posed by Russia, parliament’s intelligence and security committee has found.

In a report published on Thursday, the committee (ISC) adds that the UK is a priority espionage target for Iranian cyber-attacks, ranking just below the US and Saudi Arabia.