{
  "id": 16204538,
  "title": "Iran sent bomb-making manual as it organised plots in the UK",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/iran-sent-bomb-making-manual-as-it-organised-plots-in-the-uk",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-23T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2026/10/23/iran-sent-bomb-making-manual-as-it-organised-plots-in-the-uk/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iranian plotter Salam Ahmadyan, 36, and Rahman Salehi, 34, have been accused of a terrorism plot against Jewish communities in the UK. Prosecutors allege that Ahmadyan was directed by a regime agent in Iran to purchase bomb-making components and recruit Salehi, who then assisted him. The pair were found to have purchased various materials online and photographed areas of Manchester in preparation for an attack on Yom Kippur, ten days after Ahmadyan sought bomb-making instructions from his mobile phone. Both suspects deny the charges and are scheduled to face trial in June in Manchester.",
  "summary": "An Iranian plotter transferred bomb-making instructions to the UK as it sought agents to carry out an atrocity in a major city. A court heard on Friday that investigators uncovered steps for making a “powder chlorine and rake oil fluid bomb” in a document prepared in Iran. Prosecutors alleged that a terrorism suspect was found to have instructions on his phone for making a home-made bomb to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}