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Iran Leader’s Son Owns London Homes Overlooking Israeli Embassy, Raising Security Fears

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader, owns two luxury apartments directly overlooking the Israeli embassy in London, raising serious national security concerns. The sixth- and seventh-floor apartments in Kensington, west London—purchased in 2014 and 2016 through a front man—sit less than 50 meters behind the embassy building. Security experts have described the situation as a “serious security breach.”

Security specialists warn the location could allow surveillance of embassy staff and visitors, including audio capture of garden conversations and potentially even extracting speech from inside the building. Wireless networks could also be vulnerable to hacking from such proximity. The flats, valued at £35.7 million together, are part of a wider portfolio acquired through intermediaries, including 11 mansions in Hampstead worth hundreds of millions of pounds, purchased via shell companies registered in the Isle of Man.

The revelations come amid the arrests of four men in London suspected of spying for Iran, believed to have monitored Jewish locations including synagogues. Counter-terrorism expert Roger Macmillan stated that the Kensington apartments function as “a permanent surveillance platform.” Both properties are now blocked from sale by Treasury sanctions imposed on Ali Ansari, the front man accused of financing the IRGC. Ansari has denied any links to Iran and intends to challenge the sanctions.

(INN/VFI News)

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