A Greek national has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service, believed to be Iran’s, over the targeting of a journalist working for the London-based television station Iran International, British police have said.

UK prosecutors allege a Greek national traveled to Britain on behalf of a foreign intelligence service to conduct surveillance on a journalist critical of the Iranian regime.

London police said a Greek national was charged on Friday with assisting a foreign intelligence service, believed to be Iranian, in targeting a UK-based