MI5

Is Britain falling behind allies on IRGC? Expert explains costs of delayed proscription - interview

Experts warn the UK is "playing catch-up" by failing to proscribe the IRGC. While the government hints at new "proxy-disruption" tools, critics call the delay a threat to national security.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Demonstrators gather as Stop the Hate UK holds a protest calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to support the Iranian people, proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and free Iran from the Islamic Republic, outside Downing Street, London, Britain, January 11, 2026.
People wave flags next to an Iranian missile on display during the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025.

UK to place Iran onto highest tier of new foreign security risk register

Head of MI5 said at least 20 Iran-backed plots to kidnap or kill Brits or individuals based in the UK were thwarted in past three years.

|ByREUTERS
A woman holds a copy of The History of the Secret Intelligence Service for photographs at its launch at the Foreign Office in central London, September 21, 2010.

UK's MI6 spy tells Russians: join us as agents to end war

"Our door is always open ... Their secrets will be safe with us and together we will work to bring the bloodshed to an end."

|ByREUTERS
People demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament during a protest against the Islamic regime of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in central London, Britain, October 8, 2022.

Israel's Mossad tipped off MI5 about Iran terror threats - report

The leaked taking of credit for thwarting terror incidents aimed at allies is part of an increasing trend in recent years in which Israel and the Mossad have gotten more public about their assistance

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Iran tried to kidnap or kill at least 10 people in the UK - MI5 chief

The MI5 chief added that the ongoing protests sweeping Iran could signal "profound change."

NOVEMBER 16, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
People demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament during a protest against the Islamic regime of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in central London, Britain, October 8, 2022.

UK Home Secretary vows to deport foreigners following Reading attack

The UK's MI5 watch list of terror suspects has doubled in size since last year, reaching 43,000 suspects.

JUNE 24, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Priti Patel, Britain's Secretary of State for International Development arrives in Downing Street, in London.