WASHINGTON (AP) — The US and many of its NATO allies have accused Iran of being an increasingly threat across Europe and North America, demanding that it end attempts to hurt dissidents and others.
“We are united in opposition to the efforts of Iranian intelligence agency to kill, lure and harass people in Europe and North America.
“These services are increasingly working with international criminal organizations to target journalists, dissidents, Jews and current and former officials in Europe and North America,” he said. “This is unacceptable.”
The joint statement was signed by NATO members, Albania, Belgium, UK, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States. The only non-Natal member to sign was Austria, the headquarters of the United Nations Nuclear Watch Group.
The statement said such attacks were deemed a “violation of our sovereignty” and that the government has pledged to cooperate to block the plot, calling Iran “to quickly end such illegal activities on their respective territories.”
The statement did not identify any specific attacks, but the US and others have warned about long-standing Iran-sponsored plots of European and American soils.
The UK intelligence officer has repeatedly warned about the increasing scale of Tehran-backed plots in the UK. Now facing accusations that Iranian spies had surveillance on three charges, they plotted violence against UK-based journalists for Iranian news outlets.
Earlier this month, the Parliament’s Intelligence Email Committee said “Iran poses a widespread, sustainable and unpredictable threat to the UK.”
In early July, German prosecutors announced that they suspected that Jewish locations in Berlin and the Berlinians had been arrested in Denmark, probably in terms of attack.
Despite the ongoing threat, the Trump administration was at the start of the year. Government-funded protections have been revoked For former staff members from President Donald Trump’s first term.
This protection was provided and repeatedly extended during the Biden administration due to threats from former national security adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Iranian envoy Brian Hook, and many military officers.
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Jill Lawless of London and Gaia Moolson of Berlin contributed to this report.
