Headshots of Mostafa Sepahvand (left) and Farhad Manesh wearing grey t-shirts on a pale backgroundImage source, Press Association
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Mostafa Sepahvand (left) and Farhad Manesh were found guilty of conduct likely to assist Iranian intelligence

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Two Iranian men have been found guilty of spying for Iran over a plan to target UK-based journalists with "serious violence".

Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, were convicted of engaging in conduct likely to assist Iran's intelligence service, at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday.

Sepahvand conducted surveillance and reconnaissance in preparation for inflicting violence on several "subjects" in the UK, including two journalists for the London-based Persian broadcaster Iran international and a founding member of UK Lawyers for Israel, Jonathan Turner, while Manesh assisted in planning.