Iran to close UK embassy after revelation of plot to kill British Jews

Iran is making preparations to shutter the British embassy in Tehran as a retaliatory move over the revelation that it was plotting to target Jews and Iranian anti-regime activists in the UK with assassination squads, the Jewish Chronicle reported.

At a private London meeting with ambassadors from Gulf nations, Iran also said it would place new sanctions on the UK, according to the report.

On Monday, UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat confirmed testimony from a French Jewish journalist that Iran has been “mapping” Jewish diaspora communities to be attacked by kill squads, stating that the Iranian regime has gathered intelligence on British Jews and targeted them for assassination.

Speaking to parliament about the threat Iran poses to British journalists critical of the regime, he also said: “Between 2020 and 2022, Iran tried to collect intelligence on UK-based Israeli and Jewish individuals… We believe this information was a preparation for future lethal operations.” READ MORE