Iran's charge d'affaires has been summoned every month since October last year over various human rights issues, including over alleged threats by Iranian security forces to journalists in the UK last November.
temporarily from Chiswick, west London, to its studios in Washington DC after police warned of"imminent and credible threats to the lives of their journalists".
Security Minister Tom Tugendhat condemned"this outrageous violation of our sovereignty" and confirmed eight individuals from the Iranian regime had been sanctioned on Monday, on top of the 300 sanctions already in place.He added that counter-terrorism police are trying to find a safe place for Iran International TV to move to within the UK and insisted they will come back as there is no more fundamental freedom"than the freedom of the press".
On Monday last week, a man was arrested outside the Chiswick TV studio and was charged with terrorism offences related to the surveillance of the company's headquarters, police said.'Threats from Tehran turned into terrorism'
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