Terror scout guilty of spying on UK-based dissident Iranian broadcaster
by Emily Pennink
Dec 20, 2023
3 minutes
A terror scout has been found guilty of spying on a dissident Iranian television channel in the UK after it was put on a “wanted list” by the hostile regime.
Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev, 31, carried out hostile reconnaissance for others unknown at the London headquarters of Persian-language television channel Iran International in February.
Following a trial at the Old Bailey, the Chechnya-born Austrian national was found guilty of attempting to collect information for terrorist purposes.
Dovtaev made no reaction in the dock
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