MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief
- On Tuesday, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum warned that Iran is "ramping up attempts to hit harder targets," such as military sites in Britain, while Russia escalates hybrid warfare against Ukraine's allies.
- MI5 is now devoting more time to "state threats" than during the Cold War, McCallum said, as the agency confronts what he called "a new era of national security" comparable to post-9/11 transformation.
- Recently, two Iranians were charged with "preparing to commit an act of terrorism" targeting Manchester's Jewish community, allegedly identifying the Jewish Museum and Heaton Park Synagogue as potential targets.
- Russia remains "aggressor number one," McCallum said, employing tactics short of conventional conflict including attempted drone attacks on cargo planes and cyberattacks on energy infrastructure across Europe.
- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday Tehran was "highly likely" behind a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, as McCallum characterized Iran as "the other state keen on subcontracting its UK violence.
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The British security service MI5 today invests more resources in suppressing threats from foreign countries than during the Cold War, warned its director, Sir Ken McCallum, BBC reports.
MI5 sounds alarm over Iranian terror plots targeting Jewish communities across Britain
More than 50 people have been arrested in Britain over the past year in operations linked to Iran, MI5 chief Sir Ken McCallum revealed Tuesday, warning that Tehran is expanding its campaign of intimidation, sabotage and violence on British soil, with Jewish communities among its principal targets. McCallum accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of operating through […]
MI5 reports 50-plus arrests in Iran-linked UK operations, warns of threats to Jewish
MI5 chief Sir Ken McCallum says Iran is expanding its hybrid campaign in Britain, including threats to Jewish communities; two Iranian men face charges over an alleged Manchester bomb plot, while artificial intelligence poses new bioweapon risks
Espionage, sabotage or violent attacks such as arson attacks: British domestic intelligence has had a lot to do so far in 2026. Two countries are particularly responsible for this.
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