A seven-man network linked to Iran helped orchestrate a wave of attacks across Europe, ITV reports, according to Iran International's live blog on 12 November.
ITV says contacts in Europe's criminal underworld were believed to have helped recruit local operatives who were paid to carry out attacks. Some of those operatives did not know who was directing them, according to ITV.
The report follows the US Justice Department's charges against three Iran-backed operatives over alleged plots in the United States and Europe. The department said those included a plot at an air force base in the UK. Iran has strongly denied any involvement in the incident at Royal Air Force Fairford, BBC News has reported.
It is not clear whether the network described by ITV is the same one covered by the US charges, or whether it is linked to the RAF Fairford incident. ITV's account has not been independently checked.