Austrian National Found Guilty of Spying on Iranian TV Channel in London

A 31-year-old Austrian citizen has been found guilty of spying on a London-based television channel critical of the Iranian government. The Old Bailey heard on Wednesday that the Chechnya-born Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev attempted to collect information for terrorist purposes. A unanimous verdict was delivered by the jury after hours of deliberation. The prosecution in Dovtaev’s case argued that he visited Iran International on Feb. 11 to carry out “hostile reconnaissance.” Prosecutor Nicholas de la Poer, KC told the jury Dovtaev’s case was the latest in a series of suspicious visits by “others unknown” to identify security chinks that could be exploited for an attack....