LONDON — 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 said on Friday.

Counterterrorism police said Ioannis Aidinidis, 46, who resides in Munich, Germany, was arrested on Saturday, May 16, and had been charged under Britain’s National Security Act. Aidinidis is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later on Friday.

Police said allegations were believed to relate to Iran and to the targeting of a British-based journalist at Iran International, which is critical of Tehran’s government.

Officers said they did not believe there to be any wider threat to the public.

“We know this may cause concern for many people here in the UK, and particularly those working in Persian-language media,” said Helen Flanagan, head of counter-terrorism policing in London.

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