‘Iranian spies targeted dissident reporters’

Three Iranian ‘spies’ carried out surveillance on London-based journalists who ‘dared’ to criticise their country’s regime, a court heard. Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 57, allegedly targeted reporters working for Persian language TV channel Iran International which reports on human rights violations in the country. They are accused of intelligence gathering, communications with people in Iran or connected to Iran, surveillance activities and allegations of planned violence. Prosecutor Bill Emylyn Jones, KC, told…