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Iran\u2019s embassy in the UK has said it \u201ccategorically rejects\u201d allegations of involvement in \u201cviolent activities or incidents in the United Kingdom\u201d after the Golders Green<\/a> terror attack.<\/p>\n Such \u201cbaseless accusations\u2026 lack credible evidence and appear to serve narrow political agendas\u201d, it added.<\/p>\n In a post on X, the embassy claimed to have warned UK authorities about possible \u201cfalse flag\u201d operations \u2013 usually defined as an act that can be blamed on an adversary to justify retaliation.<\/p>\n It comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> said the Government needs \u201cstronger powers to tackle the malign threat posed by states like Iran\u201d that want to \u201charm British Jews\u201d.<\/p>\n Also on Thursday, head of Counter Terrorism Policing Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said officers are working against \u201cthreats by state-linked actors\u201d.<\/p>\n Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said it is too early to know whether the perpetrator of the north London<\/a> stabbing could have links to Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n