00:0141-year-old Mustafa Sepah Vand carried out surveillance and reconnaissance between August
00:092024 and March last year in a bid to inflict violence on what was described as subjects
00:15in the UK. The defendants were accused of visiting addresses linked to their targets,
00:21taking photos and videos, and using platforms such as ChachiBT to research them online.
00:27The prosecution said that Sepah Vand intended to physically carry out a violent attack against
00:35at least one of the targets, while Farad Javadi Manesh, who was also convicted of engaging in
00:42conduct likely to assist Iran's intelligence service, assisted in planning. The defendants
00:49arrived in the UK illegally between 2016 and 2022, with Sepah Vand arriving by Laurie and Manesh
00:57on a small boat. They claimed asylum and were later granted temporary leave to remain.
01:03None had regular full-time employment. This is the fourth prosecution of individuals who have
01:09targeted employees of London-based news organisation Iran International, or their place of work in the
01:16capital. Other prosecutions include the jailing of two men for stabbing Iran International journalist
01:22Poria Zirati outside his home in Wimbledon in March 2024.
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