British Parliament: Islamic Republic is trying to assassinate dissidents

A British parliamentary committee reported on the Islamic Republic's attempt to assassinate opponents on British soil.

The British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, in a report released with the approval of the British Prime Minister's Office, announced that the Islamic Republic continues to attempt to assassinate its opponents on British soil. The report emphasized that the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard Corps plays a major role in the planning and execution of these actions.

Ken McCallum, the head of the UK's Homeland Security Agency, has publicly stated that British authorities have identified at least 10 cases of threats, kidnappings or killings of British citizens or residents. The British Foreign Office, after identifying the above cases and in response to various threats against journalists, summoned a senior diplomat from the Islamic Republic.

In addition to Britain, the Netherlands, in its annual intelligence and security report, announced that Iran had attempted to assassinate an Iranian citizen living in Haarlem, following which the Islamic Republic's ambassador to the country was summoned. Spain also announced that Iran was involved in a failed assassination in the country.

The aforementioned countries are not the only ones that have accused Iran of assassinating dissidents on their soil. The United States has also repeatedly accused the Islamic Republic of attempting to assassinate or kidnap its opponents in the country in the past few years. These assassinations have begun since the Islamic Republic's revolution in Iran in 1979 and have continued to this day, including the assassination of Shahryar Shafiq, a senior officer in the Imperial Iranian Navy, in December 1979.

According to published reports, the Islamic Republic is also pressuring arrested political, civil, and ideological activists to cooperate in assassinating opponents, an issue that has caused psychological and emotional tensions among ideological, political, and civil activists.