Two Iranian men were found guilty on Thursday of spying on dissident journalists in Britain on behalf of Iranian intelligence, a case British police said reflected increasing activity by Iran.Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of two offenses and Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, was convicted of one offense under Britain's National Security Act. A third man, Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 57, was acquitted of all charges.Prosecutors said the men had been carrying out surveillance on journalists working for Iran International, a Persian-language television station which is critical of Iran's government, between August 2024 and March 2025.This was being carried out on behalf of Iran's foreign intelligence service in order to attack them "as retribution for their criticism of the Iranian regime," prosecutors said.This is a developing story.
Two Iranians found guilty of spying on UK-based journalists for Iran
This was being carried out on behalf of Iran's foreign intelligence service in order to attack them "as retribution for their criticism of the Iranian regime," prosecutors said.
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Two Iranian men were found guilty on Thursday of spying on dissident journalists in Britain on behalf of Iranian intelligence, a case British police said reflected increasing activity by Iran.Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of two offenses and Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, was convicted of one offense under Britain's National Security Act. A third man, Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 57, was acquitted of all charges.Prosecutors said the men had been carrying out surveillance on journalists working for Iran International, a Persian-language television station which is critical of Iran's government, between August 2024 and March 2025.This was being carried out o…
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