Claims extracted
11
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
1 of 11 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
The Straits Times's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
15
Politics
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Iranian men found guilty in UK of assisting Iranian intelligence
LONDON, Nov 12 -
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men → find → intelligence
Two Iranian men were found guilty on Thursday of spying on dissident journalists in Britain on behalf of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a case British police said reflected increasing activity by Iran.
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police → find → Iran
Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of two offences and Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, was convicted of one offence under Britain's National Security Act.
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Manesh → find → Act
Police said the convictions marked the first time Iranian nationals had been convicted under the National Security Act, introduced in 2023 to counter threats from foreign states including Iran, which the authorities say have risen sharply.
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authorities → say → Iran
Sepahvand was directed by the IRGC or "middlemen" for Iranian intelligence, Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing Vicki Evans said, adding the case "highlights the continuing and increasing threat to the UK from Iran".
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case → direct → Iran
Iran has repeatedly denied involvement in spying or any such activity, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said he was "disturbed" by the arrests of Sepahvand and others in May 2025.
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he → deny → May
Prosecutors said at the start of Sepahvand and Manesh's trial last month that they had been carrying out surveillance on journalists working for Iran International, a Persian-language television station which is critical of Iran's government, between August 2024 and March 2025.
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which → say → August
Sepahvand was convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service and a second charge relating to what prosecutors said was a plan for Sepahvand to attack one or more of their targets.
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Sepahvand → convict → targets
Manesh was convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service, but acquitted of the second charge relating to preparing for an attack.
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Manesh → convict → attack
They will both be sentenced next month.
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They → sentence → ?
A third man, Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 57, was acquitted of both charges.
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man → acquit → charges
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