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United Kingdom; Two Iranian spies convicted of plotting to kill two journalists

Dr. Asim RazaEditor International & Diplomatic Affairs • Islamabad / Lahore Bureau
United Kingdom; Two Iranian spies convicted of plotting to kill two journalists

📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:

  • Two Iranian nationals have been convicted by a British court of monitoring London-based anti-government Iranian journalists and planning a p.
  • According to the British news agency Reuters, 41-year-old Mustafa Sepahund was found guilty of two counts of assisting a foreign intelligenc.
  • Similarly, the second accused, 46-year-old Farhad Javadi Manish, was found guilty on the charge of assisting a foreign intelligence agency,.

Two Iranian nationals have been convicted by a British court of monitoring London-based anti-government Iranian journalists and planning a possible attack against them, while a third accused in the case was acquitted.

According to the British news agency Reuters, 41-year-old Mustafa Sepahund was found guilty of two counts of assisting a foreign intelligence agency and preparing a possible attack.

Similarly, the second accused, 46-year-old Farhad Javadi Manish, was found guilty on the charge of assisting a foreign intelligence agency, while the third accused, 57-year-old Shipoor Qilahali Khani Noori, was acquitted of both charges.

According to the prosecution, between August 2024 and March 2025, the accused committed fraud against journalists Mujtabapour Mohsen and Kambeez Hosseini, affiliated with London-based Persian-language broadcasting organization Iran International.

The accused are accused of having monitored the residences and movements of the two journalists, taking pictures and videos of them and collecting information about them.

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Dr. Asim Raza

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