Three Iranian men on trial for spying on UK-based journalists, planning 'serious violence'

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Three Iranian men are on trial in London for allegedly spying on UK-based dissident journalists working for Iran International between August 2024 and March 2025, with prosecutors stating their objective was to carry out acts of serious violence. The defendants have denied charges under Britain's National Security Act, which prosecutors say highlights Iran's policy of targeting critics abroad amid growing bilateral tensions.

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"Eliminating hostile or critical voices. has effectively become a staple policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran," prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones told jurors.

Three Iranian men on trial for spying on UK-based journalists, planning 'serious violence'

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