London court finds Iran pair guilty of spying
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INTERNATIONAL BUREAU —A UK jury on Thursday found two Iranian men guilty and cleared the third accused of charges of spying for Iran's intelligence service, as a chief prosecutor said it showed Tehran's willingness to use "proxies" to target the regime's critics abroad. Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Manesh, 46, carried out surveillance and reconnaissance on targets that included two journalists, a lawyer and a media production professional between August 2024 and March last year, with Sepahvand also prepared to commit physical attacks.
The men had denied engaging in conduct likely to assist Iran's intelligence service but were found guilty by a jury at London's Woolwich Crown Court. A third defendant, Shapoor Noori, 57, was cleared of the same charge. The defendants were accused of visiting addresses linked to their targets, taking photos and videos, and using platforms such as ChatGPT to research them online.
"This was a calculated operation to spy on those critical of the Iranian regime," the chief prosecutor said.
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- A UK jury on Thursday found two Iranian men guilty and cleared the third accused of charges of spying for Iran's intelligence service, as a chief prosecutor said it showed Tehran's willingness to use "proxies" to target the regime's critics abroad.
- Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Manesh, 46, carried out surveillance and reconnaissance on targets that included two journalists, a lawyer and a media production professional between August 2024 and March last year, with Sepahvand also prepared to commit physical attacks.
- The men had denied engaging in conduct likely to assist Iran's intelligence service but were found guilty by a jury at London's Woolwich Crown Court.
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