Student ‘volunteered to spy for Iran’

A student volunteered for the elite clandestine wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at the Ayatollah’s embassy in London, a court heard. British Iranian Vahid Aberi, 38, allegedly made several attempts to join the IRGC’s Quds Force, which is responsible for Iran’s foreign operations, between 17 December 2025 and 16 July 2026. Aberi, who has joint British and Iranian nationality, was arrested in Birmingham on Wednesday and charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service under the National Security…