Two men found guilty of helping Iran try to ‘eliminate’ UK-based journalists

Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Javadi Manesh carried out surveillance in an effort to inflict violence on targets

Two men of Iranian origin who were hired through social media as part of a plan to “eliminate” journalists in the UK have been found guilty of assisting Tehran’s intelligence services.

Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, carried out surveillance and reconnaissance between August 2024 and March last year in an attempt to inflict violence on “subjects” in the UK.

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Trump says no deal needed on Iran war and orders Vance to focus on domestic issues

President says vice-president will focus on supposed ‘Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States’

Donald Trump has said that the US is no longer seeking a deal to end the war with Iran and ordered JD Vance, who had spearheaded recent efforts to restart negotiations with Iran, to focus on domestic politics instead.

In a post to his social media site on Thursday, Trump said he was redirecting the vice-president to focus his “complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S”.

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