# Two Iranians found guilty of spying on journalists in UK as part of plot against dissident TV station

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/two-iranians-found-guilty-of-spying-on-journalists-in-uk-as-part-of-plot-against-dissident-tv-station/
- Published: 2026-11-12T12:15:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T12:48:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16286959/Two-Iranians-guilty-spying-journalists-UK-plot.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Middle East, UK, World

## Key points

- Two men were convicted of assisting Iran’s intelligence service.
- The plot targeted journalists and a lawyer in the UK.
- The would-be attacker was arrested before finding his targets.

## Summary

Farhad Javadi Manesh and Shapoor Noori have been found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service, in a case involving an Iranian plot to target journalists and a lawyer in the UK. The verdicts add to a series of reported attempts to recruit people in Britain to attack critics of Iran’s regime.

Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, was offered £150,000 to carry out serious violence but received £5,000 before his arrest on 3 May last year, without locating his targets. Prosecutors said the men gathered information about Iran International journalist Mojtaba Pour Mohsen, lawyer Jonathan Turner and dissident journalist Kambiz Hosseini; Manesh, 46, and Noori, 57, had arrived in the UK by small boat and claimed asylum in 2022.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Two Iranians found guilty of spying on journalists in UK as part of plot against dissident TV station](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16286959/Two-Iranians-guilty-spying-journalists-UK-plot.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [GB News: Two men found guilty of spying on journalists in Britain for Iran](https://www.gbnews.com/news/iran-spies-two-men-found-guilty-spying-british-journalists)

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