\u00a0Iran has designated Britain\u2019s spying service, MI6, as a \u201chostile group\u201d and declared the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d in a retaliatory move against London\u2019s malicious actions against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n
Tehran-IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced the measures on Sunday, citing Britain\u2019s participation in the US-Israeli war against Iran and its decision to place the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) under the country\u2019s State Threats Act 2026.<\/p>\n The ministry said the decisions were made under a resolution of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council and in response to Britain\u2019s actions over the past year.<\/p>\n Under the first measure, MI6, formally known as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), has been designated a \u201chostile group\u201d under Note 2 of Article 1 of Iran\u2019s Law on Intensifying Punishment for Espionage and Cooperation with the Zionist Regime and Hostile Countries against National Security and National Interests.<\/p>\n The ministry said the designation took effect upon the publication of its statement and that the provisions of the law would henceforth apply to the British spying agency.<\/p>\n Under the second measure, the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force have been brought under Iran\u2019s Law on Countermeasures against the United States\u2019 Designation of the IRGC as a Terrorist Organization.<\/p>\n The two British military branches are consequently designated as terrorist organizations under the Iranian legislation.<\/p>\n The Foreign Ministry cited Britain\u2019s provision of military and logistical facilities and bases within territories under its jurisdiction to support the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran as one of the grounds for the retaliatory measures.<\/p>\n It also pointed to London\u2019s July 13, 2026 decision to place the IRGC under the State Threats Act 2026, describing the move as part of its hostile policies against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n The ministry condemned Britain\u2019s policies and actions as contrary to the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law, particularly the principles of respect for national sovereignty and the prohibition of unlawful actions against other countries.<\/p>\n It reaffirmed Iran\u2019s determination to take necessary measures to protect its national security and interests.<\/p>\n \u201cThe measures have evidently been adopted in accordance with the principles of international law and within the framework of the principle of reciprocity,\u201d the statement said, adding that the British government would bear responsibility for their consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0Iran has designated Britain\u2019s spying service, MI6, as a \u201chostile group\u201d and declared the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d in a retaliatory move against London\u2019s malicious actions against the Islamic Republic. Tehran-IranView24 The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced the measures on Sunday, citing Britain\u2019s participation in the US-Israeli war against Iran and its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political","category-foreign-policy","category-the-most-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7479,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7477\/revisions\/7479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}