The British Criminal Court in Woolwich found Mustafa Safwand and Farhad Javadimanesh guilty on Thursday, November 12, in the case of spying on Mujtabi Formuhsen and Kambiz Hosseini, journalists of Iran International, for the Islamic Republic's intelligence agency.
The jury unanimously found Sepehvand guilty of two counts of assisting a foreign intelligence service and attempting to commit a violent terrorist attack.
Javadimanesh was also unanimously found guilty of aiding a foreign intelligence service, but acquitted of involvement in planning a violent attack.
Shapur Nouri, the third defendant in the case, was acquitted of both charges and released.
The British police announced that this case shows the increase in the intelligence activity of the Islamic Republic in this country.
The sentencing of Sepehvand and Javadimanesh is due to be announced on Thursday, December 17 at 2pm at the Old Bailey in London.