{"id":334925,"date":"2025-07-30T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=334925"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:53:53","slug":"iran-news-regimes-transnational-repression-among-top-threats-to-uk-security-parliamentary-report-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-regimes-transnational-repression-among-top-threats-to-uk-security-parliamentary-report-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Regime\u2019s Transnational Repression Among Top Threats to UK Security, Parliamentary Report Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The
The Palace of Westminster in London, the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom | Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new report from the UK Parliament\u2019s Joint Committee on Human Rights highlights Iran as one of the most active perpetrators of transnational repression (TNR) on British soil, warning of escalating threats that include assassination plots, physical attacks, and intimidation campaigns targeting dissidents and journalists.<\/p>\n

According to the report<\/a>, MI5 and Counter Terrorism Policing have dealt with more than 20 threat-to-life cases linked to Iran since 2022, with the Homeland Security Group assessing Tehran\u2019s threat level as \u201cthe greatest physical attack risk currently facing the UK from any state actor.\u201d Witness testimony described a range of tactics used by the clerical dictatorship, including targeted surveillance, harassment of family members abroad, asset freezes, smear campaigns, hacking, doxing, and impersonation.<\/p>\n

Hossein Abedini of the National Council of Resistance of Iran told the Committee that so-called \u201ccultural centres\u201d in the UK operate as fronts for intelligence-gathering and surveillance of the Iranian diaspora. Journalists reporting on Iran have been frequent targets, with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) detailing<\/a> gendered abuse, sexualized threats, fabricated scandals, and doctored pornographic images circulated to silence women reporters.<\/p>\n

\n

Here is the link to the 7th Report of the @HumanRightsCtte<\/a> on Transnational Repression https:\/\/t.co\/xi8N00vIUW<\/a>
Seehttps:\/\/t.co\/Qvmecuv01T<\/a><\/p>\n

— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) July 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n