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Malign Iran is threat to the world, warns Cameron
Foreign Secretary vows to take tough line on Tehran’s meddling in the Middle East
Britain will not tolerate the escalation of
Iran’s “malign” activities in the Middle East or on UK soil, Lord Cameron has warned.
In
his first newspaper interview since returning to government, the Foreign Secretary described Hamas, the Houthis and Hezbollah as “proxies” for Iran who were contributing to an “extremely high” level of “danger and insecurity” around the world.
In a significant toughening of the UK’s approach, the former prime minister told The Telegraph that Iran must be sent “an incredibly clear message that this escalation will not be tolerated”.
He pledged that Britain would work with allies to “develop a really strong set of deterrent measures” against Tehran.
On Friday night, the US pointed to intelligence showing that Iran was “deeply involved” in planning Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The attacks are already causing
major disruption to supply chains across Europe.
Lord Cameron also cited “more evidence” of the “unacceptable threat the Iranian regime poses to the lives of UK-based journalists” after it emerged that Iranian spies had offered a people smuggler £150,000 to assassinate two news presenters at
a London-based Persian language news channel.
The Telegraph can reveal that the Foreign Secretary summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat in the UK to the Foreign Office on Friday over the revelation “to make clear that these threats will not be tolerated”.
Since the start of last year, there have been more than 15 credible threats or plots by the Iranian regime to kill British or UK-based individuals,
according to government officials…..