London: Police in Britain are guarding the offices of Iran International, a Persian-language TV station, after two of its journalists received threats from the Tehran regime.

The London Metropolitan Police claimed to have received "credible threats" against people and deployed armed response vehicles in front of the broadcaster's offices.

The channel aired footage of ongoing demonstrations against the Iranian government for the entirety of those demonstrations, accusing the government of "state-sponsored intimidation".

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Iran International has been labeled a "terrorist organization" by the Iranian government, and it is believed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted journalists as part of a "significant and dangerous escalation" of its international operations.

Iran International and its "agents" will be targeted by the regime, according to the country's Intelligence Minister Ismail Khatib, who made this clear last week.

A spokesman for Iran International said, "We do not know when the ARVs will be deployed." "However, staff are taking precautions as previously advised by our director of security."

The decision was "at all Met-led and not in response to us," he continued.

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The Metropolitan Police have now formally informed both journalists that these threats pose an immediate, credible and serious risk to their lives and the lives of their families, according to Volant Media, the managers of Iran International. The Metropolitan Police has also alerted members of our staff to different hazards.

After weeks of warnings from the IRGC and the Iranian government about the activities of a free and uncensored (Farsi) language media operating in London, British citizens now face deadly threats.

Volant Media emphasized that the British government should "join us in condemning these terrible threats and continue to highlight the importance of media freedom" and urged the IRGC to "export its harmful media to the UK". cannot be permitted."

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Earlier this month, British intelligence revealed that Iran has stepped up its efforts to target British citizens and Iranian dissidents living in the UK.

The threats, which included assassination attempts, were described by MI5 director-general Ken McCallum as "reckless action by a state actor" in an attempt to "silence critics who often turn into terrorism".

According to McCallum, Iran "poses a threat directly to the UK through its belligerent intelligence services." "At the most extreme, this includes plans to kidnap or even assassinate British or UK-based people who are seen as enemies of the regime. Since January alone, we have seen at least Have looked at ten potential threats.