(Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP)Britain will seek further sanctions on Iran and has summoned Tehran’s ambassador in London “to answer for the horrific reports” of a deadly crackdown on protesters, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Tuesday. Mass rallies have erupted across the country demanding an end to the clerical system in power since 1979, triggering a crackdown that activists say has killed at least 648 people during an internet blackout. Cooper told MPs in parliament that the United Kingdom will bring forward legislation “to implement full and further sanctions and sectoral measures” on Iran. She said the UK would work with the EU and others on any “additional measures”. “The UK will continue to confront the regime’s lies, to call out its repression and to take the steps necessary to protect the UK’s interests,” she said.

Source: Punch January 13, 2026 15:43 UTC