Frank Ferguson, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command, we have authorised criminal charges against three Iranian nationals.  

“Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, have been charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service between 14 August 2024 and 16 February 2025, contrary to Section 3 of the National Security Act 2023.

A man who stabbed a police officer and attempted to set fire to a police van has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and attempted arson today.

Alexander Dighton, 28, admitted 10 offences relating to a violent attack at Talbot Green Police station in south Wales on the evening of January 31.

A man who held far-right beliefs and wanted to ‘exterminate’ asylum seekers has been jailed for life for attempted murder after stabbing an Eritrean man twice in the chest.

Callum Ulysses Parslow, 32, approached his victim inside the Pear Tree Inn in Worcester and asked him where he was from before stabbing him twice in the chest with a knife.

He was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court today to a life sentence with a minimum of 22 years and eight months to serve before he can be considered for release.

A man who planned a terrorist attack at a London law firm and made a threat to kill a solicitor has been sentenced to a hospital order.

Cavan Medlock, 32, walked into the office of the law firm in Harrow shortly before 5pm on 7 September 2020 and asked to see a solicitor by name.

A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command, we have authorised charges against two Romanian nationals.

“The charges relate to an attack on a journalist in Wimbledon on the afternoon of Friday, 29 March 2024.

“Nandito Badea, 19, and George Stana, 23, were arrested in Romania on Wednesday, 4 December 2024. They are each charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and wounding.