Iranian spies working in the UK threatened to kidnap the children of a female journalist, she has alleged.
BBC Persian reporter Rana Rahimpour was told that Tehran operatives in Britain would target her young children during school pick-up time, she has revealed.
The Iranian-born London journalist said she was also threatened with rape and beheading over her reporting of activities in Iran, including protests in the wake Mahsa Amini’s death.
She is one of a number of journalists and UK-based individuals who have been warned that their safety is at risk after MI5 said that Iran has attempted to carry out 15 kidnap and death plots in the country since the start of 2022….