Mostafa Sepahvand is an Iranian journalist and editor. He has reported on Iran and refugee media networks and is currently noted in connection with UK-linked espionage cases involving Iranian intelligence. His work centers on press freedom and Iran’s information space.
Two Iranian men have been convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of assisting a foreign intelligence service, in a plot to monitor and possibly violence against Iran International journalists and other targets. A third defendant was acquitted. Sentencing is set for December 17 at the Old Bailey. The case underscores the threats faced by Iranian journalists in exile.
Three Iranian-born men have gone on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of conducting surveillance in London that prosecutors say assisted Iran’s intelligence service and aimed to enable serious violence against critics including two Iran International journalists and a UK lawyer. The defendants deny the charges and have pleaded not guilty.