UK police charge man over Iran-linked spying offenses

LONDON: British police said on Friday they had charged a 39-year-old man on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service, the latest in a series of incidents involving Tehran and offenses covered under UK National Security laws. Police said the suspect, Vahid Aberi, from Liverpool, northern England, was taken to a police station in central England and searches had been carried out at addresses ‌in nearby Birmingham and ‌Liverpool. UK security officials have repeatedly ‌warned ⁠that Iran has sought ⁠to use criminal proxies to carry out hostile activity in the country.

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