Three Iranian men are accused in the UK of spying on journalists and playing roles in a wider plot connected to attacks on staff at a dissident television station. The Daily Mail reports that Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, of St John’s Wood in London, is accused of being the potential “hitman” in the alleged plan to target journalists who are critical of the Iranian regime.
The outlet frames the accusations as part of a broader scheme that links surveillance and intimidation activities to a planned attack on people working for the dissident broadcaster. In this account, the charges describe how the alleged plot would begin with information-gathering and end with violence against specific targets.
While the provided material is limited to one outlet, the central reported elements remain consistent: multiple defendants of Iranian nationality face allegations involving spying on UK journalists and an intended attack tied to the dissident TV station and its staff.
