Newspaper editor calls for names of UK intelligence agents to be revealed
Iranian hardliners are urging their government to exact revenge on the UK and deliver a blow to its spying network by revealing the true names of the British intelligence agents that worked with Alireza Akbari, the British-Iranian dual national who was executed on Saturday for allegedly spying for the UK.
The call – made by Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of the Kayan newspaper which is the journal closest to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – shows hardliners are intent on a confrontation with Britain over the issue.
Newspaper editor calls for names of UK intelligence agents to be revealedIranian hardliners are urging their government to exact revenge on the UK and deliver a blow to its spying network by revealing the true names of the British intelligence agents that worked with Alireza Akbari, the British-Iranian dual national who was executed on Saturday for allegedly spying for the UK.The call – made by Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of the Kayan newspaper which is the journal closest to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – shows hardliners are intent on a confrontation with Britain over the issue. Continue reading…
