Sepahvand and Manesh convicted as Iran spies plotting journalist attacks
Two men in the UK Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Javadi Manesh, were found guilty of spying for Iran and planning attacks on journalists.
Their targets included reporters from Iran international and a founding member of UK Lawyers for Israel, Jonathan Turner.
They did some serious surveillance, snapping photos and videos of addresses linked to their targets and even used tools like ChatGPT to dig up more details.
Sepahvand, Violent, Manesh, Planner, Noori cleared
While Sepahvand was ready to use violence and Manesh helped plan things out, a third man, Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, was cleared of the same charge.
This shows investigators were careful about who was actually involved in the plot.