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LONDON (AP) — British police said on Saturday they have charged
three Iranian men with spying offenses after an investigation by
counterterror detectives.
The Metropolitan Police force said Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad
Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, were
charged with “engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign
intelligence service” — that of Iran — between Aug. 14, 2024 and
Feb. 16, 2025.
All three men live in London. They have been in custody since
their arrests on May 3 and are due to appear in court later
Saturday.
Sepahvand was also charged with engaging in “surveillance,
reconnaissance and open-source research,” intending to commit
serious violence against a person in the United Kingdom. The
others are charged with engaging in surveillance and
reconnaissance with the intention serious violence would be
committed by others.
Police did not identify the individual allegedly targeted.
Commander Dominic Murphy of the Metropolitan Police Counter
Terrorism Command, called the charges “extremely serious.”
A fourth man arrested in the same investigation was released
without charge.
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