UK police get more time to quiz Iranian terror suspects

By AFP
May 06, 2025
The representational image shows police officers stand guard in central London, on January 21, 2023. — AFP
The representational image shows police officers stand guard in central London, on January 21, 2023. — AFP

LONDON: British police said on Monday that they had secured warrants to further question four Iranian men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences this weekend.

Police arrested five Iranian men aged between 29 and 46 in Saturday´s operation, four of whom were detained under the Terrorism Act, while the fifth was detained under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act.

“Warrants of further detention have today (Monday, 5 May) been secured for those four men, meaning they can be detained and questioned until Saturday, 10 May,” said the Met´s Counter Terrorism Command.