{
  "id": 19661731,
  "title": "Iran pair guilty of spying on London-based journalists 'for Tehran'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/iran-pair-guilty-of-spying-on-london-based-journalists-for-tehran",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T14:30:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/11/iran-pair-guilty-spying-london-based-journalists-tehran"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A UK jury on Thursday found two Iranian men guilty of spying for Iran's intelligence service, as a chief prosecutor said it showed Tehran's willingness to use \"proxies\" to target the regime's critics abroad. Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Manesh, 46, carried out surveillance and reconnaissance on targets that included two journalists, a lawyer and a media production professional between August…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Two Iranians convicted of spying for their country after entering Britain illegally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/two-iranians-convicted-of-spying-for-their-country-after-entering",
        "published": "2026-11-12T11:36:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Two men found guilty of spying for Iran over plan to target UK-based journalists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/two-men-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-over-plan-to-target-uk-based",
        "published": "2026-11-12T12:00:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Two Iranians found guilty of spying on UK-based journalists for Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/two-iranians-found-guilty-of-spying-on-uk-based-journalists-for-iran",
        "published": "2026-11-12T12:06:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Iran: Exiled journalists still repressed by regime",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/iran-exiled-journalists-still-repressed-by-regime",
        "published": "2026-11-12T14:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "UK court finds two Iranian men guilty of spying for Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/uk-court-finds-two-iranian-men-guilty-of-spying-for-iran",
        "published": "2026-11-12T15:15:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}