An Iranian spy network has been conducting propaganda campaigns and intelligence-gathering operations in Britain under the cover of Press TV, the Iranian state’s English-language media outlet, The Telegraph reported Monday.

A source also told The Jerusalem Post that Britain’s “permissive environment” has been systematically exploited by the Tehran regime, and warned that Press TV’s reporting on dissidents and the Jewish community has effectively created a “target list for terrorists.”

Press TV had its broadcast license revoked by British media regulator Ofcom in 2012 and was banned from YouTube, but the outlet has continued publishing content across social media platforms. A number of left-wing activists and political figures have appeared on its programs in the years since.

The Community Security Trust, a UK charity that protects Jewish institutions, said the site had repeatedly published reports on Jewish schools and had named 14 Jewish charities as organizations it claimed were “known to be genocidal Zionist organizations.”

Roger Macmillan, a terrorism and security specialist and former director at Iran International, told the Post that the problem extended well beyond Press TV itself to a broader web of regime-affiliated companies operating in London. While those entities are unlikely to appear on any sanctions lists, Macmillan said they are run by individuals with a stake in advancing the regime’s objectives. He described the antisemitic content the network distributes as material that inspires others to act against the Jewish community, even when the underlying information is drawn from public sources.

Jonathan Hackett, a US Marine Corps counterintelligence veteran and author of “Iran’s Shadow Weapons: Covert Action, Intelligence Operations, and Unconventional Warfare,” told The Telegraph that some Press TV journalists have used their press credentials to identify potential recruitment targets.

“They do a lot of early work, being out talking to people,” Hackett said, adding that a journalism cover facilitates access to government officials and makes outreach appear routine.

Hackett also alleged that Marzieh Hashemi, a Washington-based presenter for the Iranian platform, played a role in recruiting Monica Witt, a US Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013.

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