Two Iranians found guilty of spying on UK-based journalists for Iran
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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.
Two Iranian men were found guilty on Thursday of spying on dissident journalists in Britain on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, 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.Police said the convictions marked the first time Iranian nationals had been convicted under the National Security Act, introduced in 2023 to counter threats from foreign states including Iran, which the authorities say have risen sharply.Sepahvand was directed by the IRGC or "middlemen" for Iranian…
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