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- Western countries condemn Iran for its threatening activities such as assassinations and kidnappings aimed at individuals in Europe and North America.
- The declaration highlights the growing collaboration between Iranian intelligence services and international criminal networks to target specific groups.
- Although Iran denies these allegations, the common condemnation of Western countries highlights a significant escalation of tensions.
Several Western countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, other NATO allies as well as Austria, have published a joint declaration condemning the activities of the Iranian intelligence services. They claim that these services are increasingly carrying out threatening actions such as assassinations, kidnappings and intimidation aimed at people in Europe and North America. This behavior is considered to be a direct violation of the sovereignty of signatory countries.
Collaboration between Iran and criminal networks
The declaration explicitly underlines the growing collaboration between Iranian intelligence services and international criminal networks. Journalists, dissidents, Jewish citizens and civil servants, former and current, are particularly targeted in these European and North America countries.
Although the joint declaration refrains from mentioning any specific incident, it urges Iran to immediately stop these illegal activities. This common position follows previous warnings issued by the United States and the United Kingdom concerning the threats supported by Iran within their borders. A recent report by the British Intelligence Commission notably revealed fifteen attempts to murder and abduction thwarted against citizens and British residents between January 2022 and August 2023.
Iran denies allegations
The Iranian Embassy in London vehemently denied these allegations, qualifying them as unfounded, politically motivated and hostile “. She claims that such accusations are not only defamatory, but that they are also likely to worsen tensions and erode diplomatic standards. (UV)
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