It comes after Iran International, the UK-based independent Farsi news channel, released a statement about alleged threats from Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards. “Two of our British-Iranian journalists have been informed in recent days of an increase in threats against them,” the statement said. “The Metropolitan Police have now formally notified both journalists that these threats pose an immediate, credible and significant risk to their lives and their families. “Other members of our staff have also been told directly by the Metropolitan Police about separate threats. “But these threats to the lives of British-Iranian journalists working in the UK mark a significant and dangerous escalation of a state-sponsored campaign to intimidate Iranian journalists working abroad. Foreign Secretary James Cleverley said: “The UK will always stand up to threats from foreign nations. “I called Iran’s representative today to make it clear that we do not tolerate threats to life and intimidation of any kind against journalists or anyone living in the UK.” Click to subscribe to Sky News Daily wherever you get your podcasts It comes after nationwide protests in Iran over the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September after she was arrested for allegedly violating the country’s strict dress code. The protests have become the biggest threat to the Iranian government since the Green Movement protests of 2009. International pressure is also being put on the government over its treatment of the protesters. The protests have evolved from a focus on women’s rights and the state headscarf, to calls for the ouster of Shiite clerics who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. More than 125 cities participated in the demonstrations. At least 270 people have been killed and nearly 14,000 arrested, according to the group Activists for Human Rights in Iran.
