Arrests of 7 Iranians over alleged terror plots ring alarm bells in UK

They were held as part of two separate counterterrorism investigations

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British police yesterday said eight people, including seven Iranian nationals, were arrested in two separate counterterrorism probes.

In one operation, five men — four of them Iranian — were arrested on suspicion of “preparation of a terrorist act”, London’s Metropolitan police said in a statement.

The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area on suspicion of “terrorism of-fences”.

'Serious events'

The men, aged between 29 and 46, were detained by Counter Terrorism Police on Saturday in relation to “a suspected plot to target a specific premises” — which was not named — and remain in custody.