Austrian Denies Filming Iranian TV Channel in London for ‘Hostile Reconnaissance’

An Austrian citizen who was spotted filming the outside of a London-based television channel critical of the Iranian government may have been acting on behalf of a group “preparing to attack,” a jury at the Old Bailey has been told. Magomed-Husein Dovtaev, 31, denies collecting information for a person likely preparing an act of terrorism. He went on trial on Monday and prosecutor Nicholas De La Poer, KC, told the jury Mr. Dovtaev’s visit to Iran International on Feb. 11 this year was just the latest in a series of suspicious visits by “others unknown.” Mr. De La Poer said: “The prosecution’s case is that he was not there to meet a friend or to look at the scenery. The prosecution’s case is that he was carrying out hostile reconnaissance.”...