Two Iranians Convicted in Britain of Espionage for the Revolutionary Guards
A UK court convicted Mostafa Safavand and Farhad Javadi Manesh of "assisting a foreign intelligence service" after they operated on behalf of the Revolutionary Guards. The two conducted surveillance on journalists from the regime's opposition…
Assessment
Two Iranian nationals were convicted in a British court for spying on behalf of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. They tracked journalists from the regime's opposition and a senior figure from a pro-Israel legal group. The use of ChatGPT for intelligence gathering signals a new, low-cost espionage method. This case tests how Western legal systems adapt to AI-assisted threats.