Laurence Taylor spoke to the Express about the rising terror threat in the UK (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)Iranian spy plots make up the most counter-terrorism probes into hostile state activity, the Express can reveal.Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, the head of Counter Terrorism Policing, warned Tehran, Moscow and Beijing are ramping up their activities in the UK.And they are exploiting Britain’s broken communities by flooding social media with fake news and manipulating global, political and economic news events to sow chaos.Mr Taylor confirmed spies are targeting crime groups to carry out kidnap, assassination, arson, sabotage and espionage conspiracies. Read more: Inside story...