Surveillance and plans for violence against at least one target were among the spies' motives, acting on orders from Iran, according to the ruling handed down on Thursday.
“This was a calculated effort to spy on those critical of the Iranian regime,” says chief prosecutor Frank Ferguson of the court's counter-terrorism unit.
Both men, who are in their 40s, deny the charges. According to the police investigation, Iran had provided the convicted spies with information about their targets' appearance, home addresses, workplaces, cars and pets, reports BBC.
Two of the targets are journalists at the London-based news agency Iran International, one is a co-founder of “UK Lawyers for Israel” and one is a media production professional.
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