The Iranian government have been accused of threatening two British-Iranian journalists working in the United Kingdom.
According to The British Broadcasting Corporation, the Metropolitan Police has warned the duo about the recent increase in “credible” threats from Iranian security forces.
In a statement released by their employee, Iran International, the firm said it was “shocked and deeply concerned” by the alleged lethal threats, while accusing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of being part of a “significant and dangerous escalation” of Tehran’s “campaign to intimidate Iranian journalists working abroad.”
“Two of our British-Iranian journalists have, in recent days, been notified of an increase in the threats to them,” Iran International said in the statement. “The Metropolitan Police have now formally notified both journalists that these threats represent an imminent, credible and significant risk to their lives and those of their families.”
The name of the journalists were not disclosed because of security reasons.
“These lethal threats to British citizens on British soil come after several weeks of warnings from the IRGC and Iranian government about the work of a free and uncensored Farsi-language media working in London,” the news channel added in its statement.
