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Britain arrests Iranians suspected of planning terror attack

2025-05-04 11:42:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Britain arrests Iranians suspected of planning terror attack

British counter-terrorism officers have arrested several Iranians on suspicion of planning to attack an unidentified target in London, police said.

British police said five men, aged between 29 and 46, were arrested on Saturday in several areas of England on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act.

Four of those arrested are Iranian citizens, while the nationality of the fifth person has not yet been determined.

Three more Iranian men were arrested in London on suspicion of national security offences. They were arrested as part of a separate investigation, British police said.

All suspects are being questioned and no indictments have yet been filed against them.

Authorities said they would not identify the suspected target of this plot "for operational reasons."

Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Counter Terrorism Command, said police were still working to determine the motive "as well as identifying whether there may be any other risk to the public".

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the arrests were "significant events that demonstrate the ongoing need to adapt our response to threats to national security".

"The government continues to work with the police and intelligence agencies to support all security actions and assessments that are necessary to keep the country safe," she said.

In October last year, the head of the British security service, MI5, Ken McCallum, stated that his agents and police had dealt with 20 "potentially deadly" plots backed by Iran since 2022, most of which targeted Iranians in the United Kingdom who oppose the authorities in their country./ Rel





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