UK Will Not Tolerate Hostile Activity on UK Soil

The foreign secretary stresses 'the UK's unwavering resolve to combat threats from Iranian-linked groups in UK soil, including attacks on the British Jewish community'. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has told Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi that the UK will 'not tolerate intimidation, threats or hostile activity on UK soil.

The ministers met face-to-face at the UN General Assembly in New York City.

Miliband's comments follow an arson attack on four Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green in March and other incidents.

British intelligence chiefs were initially keeping an open mind as to whether the Iranian state or organisations working for it had a role in the Hatzola ambulance attack and other attacks against Jewish communities during 2026. The UK's foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, met with Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, at the UN General Assembly in New York City to discuss combating threats from Iranian-linked groups in UK soil.

Miliband stressed that the UK will 'not tolerate intimidation, threats or hostile activity on UK soil' and reiterated his call for the detention of British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman in Iran who have been detained for over 20 months after being arrested while passing through the country on a motorcycle journey.