Iran diplomat summoned by UK Foreign Office after 'credible and significant' threats to journalists

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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he summoned the Iranian representative 'to make clear that we do not tolerate threats to life and intimidation of any kind towards journalists, or any individual, living in the UK'.

Iran's most senior diplomat has been summoned by the Foreign Office over"credible and significant" threats against journalists living in the UK.International, the independent UK-based Farsi-language news channel, released a statement on alleged threats from Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards.

"Two of our British-Iranian journalists have, in recent days, been notified of an increase in the threats to them," the statement said. "The Metropolitan Police have now formally notified both journalists that these threats represent an imminent, credible and significant risk to their lives and those of their families.

"Other members of our staff have also been informed directly by the Metropolitan Police of separate threats. "But these threats to life of British-Iranian journalists working in the UK marks a significant and dangerous escalation of a state-sponsored campaign to intimidate Iranian journalists working abroad.More on Iran

 

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About time we started doing what it says on the tin with these spies. Rope, noose, neck , trapdoor, hangman. Sorry for painting the cryptic clues but Twatter bans you for stringing sentences together we believe in

Let’s be fair, when you have the west who pander to Just oil eco loonies and can not tell you what a woman is, there really is nothing Iran or Russia has to fear, that’s why China has police stations here ffs

Also in the news: “UK police arrested and detained three journalists covering a climate protest earlier this week, raising concerns that the country's press freedoms are under threat.”

Balcony looks familiar

oh, that almost sounded serious, till I saw who did the summoning

The so called superpowers for the geopolitical advantage are using Ukrainians and other nations as human shields instead of confronting each other is cowardice🤧.

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