️🇮🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇱 Iran's Foreign Ministry said that, with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, it designated Britain's MI6 as a "hostile group" under its Espionage Act and the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organizations on November 1.
She called the move a reciprocity for a year of UK hostilities, accusing London of allowing its bases to be used in the US-Israel war in Iran and placing the Revolutionary Guards under its State Threats Act in July, saying the UK government would bear the consequences.
"Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Iran's reciprocal measures against the illegal and hostile actions of the British government.
10 Aban 1405 (November 1, 2026) While condemning the anti-Iranian policies and actions of the British government, which contradict the principles of the UN Charter and international law, especially the respect for national sovereignty and the prohibition of taking illegal measures against other countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes the determination of the Iranian government to take the necessary steps for national security and safeguarding the interests of Iran.
Accordingly, citing a decision of the country's Supreme National Security Council, and in response to the British government's hostile actions against Iran in the past year, including participation in the Israeli-American war that was imposed on Iran by placing bases and military and logistical facilities in the area under British jurisdiction, and its decision to place the Islamic Revolutionary Guard under the Revolutionary Guard. In accordance with the 2026 Law on 22 Betir 1405 (July 13, 2026), the Ministry announces the following:
A) From the publication of this statement (10 Aban 1405), the British Foreign Intelligence Service (MI6) is defined as a "hostile group" according to Note 2 to Section 1 of the Law "Increasing Punishment for Espionage and Cooperation with Israel and Hostile States Against National Security and Interests" and the law will apply to the British body's instructions.
b) From the publication of this statement (10 Aban 1405), the British Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force fall under the law "Reciprocal action against the designation of the Revolutionary Guards by the United States as a terrorist organization", and on this basis both bodies are recognized as terrorist organizations. It goes without saying that these measures are taken in accordance with international law and the principle of reciprocity, and the responsibility for their consequences rests with the British government."