- Foreign secretary Ed Miliband met Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- Miliband warned that the UK will not tolerate threats, intimidation, or hostile activity on British soil from Iranian-linked groups.
- The foreign secretary urged Iran to choose de-escalation and diplomacy, emphasising the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to protect global security.
- The meeting follows warnings from security agencies regarding Iranian state-linked cyber actors using spyware to target regime critics and harvest sensitive data.
- Miliband demanded the immediate release of detained British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman from Tehran's Evin prison.
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