Britain is preparing to widen sanctions against Iran over what calls “credible threats” by the regime to kill or kidnap people in the UK.

Axar.az reports citing the National News.

Ministers are seeking new powers to sanction Iranians accused of hostile actions, undermining democracy, distributing weapons or obstructing Middle East peace.

The UK has sanctioned about 350 Iranian officials and organisations under existing laws, which allow for sanctions on certain grounds such as human rights abuses or ties to the war in Ukraine.
But a bill to expand the list of criteria is expected to be put before the UK Parliament before the end of the year in what Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called a message that “malign behaviour” would not be tolerated.