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By Kanishka Singh, Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay

By Kanishka Singh, Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday he did not believe that China and Russia were helping Iran “at all,” even as US intelligence reports in recent months have found that both countries directly support Tehran’s war effort.

Trump said on Truth Social that he had seen comments from his critics and opponents that China and Russia were helping Iran. Moscow and Beijing maintain close ties with Tehran.

“If they are, it’s at a very low level, but I don’t believe they are at all. They have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it very fast,” Trump wrote.

U.S. intelligence assessments from recent months have shown that Russia and China are providing military support to Iran in the form of satellite imagery for targeting purposes and components for weapons, according to two people briefed on the matter.

Trump said in July he trusted China and Russia not to help Tehran in the Iran war, but warned that if they did get involved “it would be very bad for them.”

By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and Phil Stewart

By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and Phil Stewart

DUBAI/LONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters.

Tehran has tried to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28. It has restricted passage through the waterway, which carried about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade before the war, in an effort to gain leverage over Washington.

Its threats and attacks have severely curtailed traffic through the strait, driving up oil prices, though some oil has continued to transit.

The two officials declined to provide details of the new strategy, but one said that Iran had started using different offensive tactics against vessels it considered in violation of its restrictions about 10 days ago, adding that this had led to an increase in attacks on such ships.

The strategy included a change in the type as well as the pace of attacks, with one goal being to influence the outcome of the US vote, they said.

“The aim is to frustrate efforts by the United States and its allies to bring down global oil prices,” one of the two officials said.

The decision to adopt the new strategy had been taken at the highest levels of Iran’s leadership and was fully coordinated across the country’s ruling system, the officials said.

The strategy included a change in the type as well as the pace of attacks, with one goal being to influence the outcome of the US vote, they said.

“The aim is to frustrate efforts by the United States and its allies to bring down global oil prices,” one of the two officials said.

The decision to adopt the new strategy had been taken at the highest levels of Iran’s leadership and was fully coordinated across the country’s ruling system, the officials said.

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By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Iran

By Michael Holden
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Iran is stepping up attempts to hit harder targets such as military sites in Britain and Russia is increasing its hybrid warfare against Ukraine’s allies, the UK’s domestic spy chief said on Tuesday.

In his annual speech on wide-ranging threats to Britain, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum also said the greatest concern about the misuse of AI was terrorists being able to develop bioweapons or even create new pathogens.

McCallum said state threats had quadrupled over the last decade, and his organisation now devoted more resources to the issue than during the Cold War.

On Monday, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Tehran was “highly likely” behind a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, an airbase used by US bombers to carry out strikes on Iran. It prompted a security alert and led to US President Trump withdrawing planes from the airbase.

Tehran has rejected accusations of involvement in the Fairford incident or any other accusations of malign activity in Britain where the authorities have for a number of years accused it of being involved in plots and attempted assassinations against dissidents and Israeli and Jewish targets.

Russia also denies involvement in hostile acts in Britain and other Western countries, but McCallum said it remained the “aggressor number one”.

Russia’s embassy in London said in a statement: “Attributing every cyber incident, drone mishap and criminal case in Europe to Moscow is convenient, particularly when no evidence is offered.”

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – MI5 spy chief Ken McCal

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – MI5 spy chief Ken McCallum delivered his annual speech on Tuesday outlining his view of the threats to Britain, from hostile states such as Iran and Russia to the development of artificial intelligence.

Here is a summary of the main threats and issues he detailed in his speech and subsequent questions from media:

Tehran is also using criminal proxies – to target opponents, Iranian media organisations and Israeli interests in Britain – and has expanded its hybrid campaign in the last year, McCallum said.

He said operations connected to Iran had yielded more than 50 arrests in the UK, and that many had been aimed at Jewish communities.

The other shift had been “Iranian ambitions to come at harder targets, like military sites”, he said.

Tehran also rejects accusations of malign activity in Britain.

McCallum called Russia, which denies involvement in hostile acts in Britain and other Western countries, “aggressor number one”. He said it was escalating “hybrid” warfare, staying below the threshold that would trigger a direct NATO response.

He said Russia’s capabilities had been reduced by the expulsion of 1,000 officials from embassies since the invasion of Ukraine, which meant it had to rely on native volunteers and criminal proxies.

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