Britain’s foreign minister met his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York and told him that Britain would “not tolerate intimidation, threats or hostile activity on UK soil” from groups linked to Iran.

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also discussed the war in the Middle East, the importance of reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Britain’s “unwavering resolve to combat threats from Iranian-linked groups on UK soil,” a Foreign Office statement said.

“The Foreign Secretary reiterated the UK’s unwavering resolve to combat threats from Iranian-linked groups on UK soil, including attacks on the British Jewish community,” it said.

In July, Britain banned support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a linked group following a series of antisemitic attacks, using new legal powers designed to stop the use of state-sponsored proxies.

Iran has previously denied using proxies. The British statement did not say how Araghchi responded to Miliband.

A statement on Araghchi’s Telegram account said he had used the meeting to call for a correction to “the destructive and........

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