
两名被控为伊朗从事间谍活动的男子对违反《国家安全法》的一项指控表示不认罪。41岁的汽车销售员内马图拉·沙赫萨瓦尼(Nematollah Shahsavani)和23岁的理发师阿里雷扎·法拉萨蒂(Alireza Farasati)面临审判,被控在2025年7月9日至去年8月15日期间从事可能协助伊朗外国情报机构的行为。这两人被指控对英国的以色列和犹太人社区实施“敌对侦察”。
Two men accused of spying for Iran have pleaded not guilty to a charge under the National Security Act. Car salesman Nematollah Shahsavani, 41, and barber Alireza Farasati, 23, are facing trial accused of engaging in conduct likely to assist the Iranian foreign intelligence service between 9 July 2025 and 15 August last year. The pair are accused of carrying out "hostile reconnaissance" against the Israeli and Jewish communities in the UK.
据称他们的活动包括“收集信息并对目标进行侦察”,目标包括以色列大使馆和领事馆、英国伦敦最古老的犹太会馆以及其他犹太人组织。
据称一名住在英国、据信是伊朗情报关注对象的女子也是被针对的目标。
Their activities are alleged to have included "gathering information and undertaking reconnaissance" on targets including the Israeli embassy and consulate, Britain's oldest synagogue in London and other Jewish organisations.A woman living in the UK, said to be of intelligence interest to Iran, is also alleged to have been targeted.
沙赫萨瓦尼是两个孩子的父亲,家住伦敦北部北芬奇利(North Finchley),拥有伊朗和英国双重国籍,自2009年起一直在英国生活。
Shahsavani, a father of two, of North Finchley, north London, is a dual Iranian and British national and has lived in the UK since 2009.
法拉萨蒂家住伦敦西北部的科林代尔(Colindale),是一名伊朗公民,于2021年17岁时移居英国。
Farasati, of Colindale, north-west London, is an Iranian national who moved to the UK as a 17-year-old in 2021.
这两人周五在中央刑事法院出庭,对《国家安全法》下的单一指控做出了不认罪答辩。
The pair appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday to enter not guilty pleas to a single charge under the National Security Act.
沙赫萨瓦尼身穿白色T恤通过视频连线从本顿维尔监狱(Pentonville prison)出庭,而法拉萨蒂则身穿深色西装、系着蓝色领带在被告席上出庭。
Shahsavani appeared by video-link from Pentonville prison wearing a white T-shirt, while Farasati wore a dark suit and blue tie in the dock.
法官奇玛-格拉布夫人(Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb)下令将他们还押候审,该法院将于2027年4月26日开始对他们进行为期三周的审判。他们将于明年2月12日再次出庭参加审判前听证会。
The judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, remanded them in custody ahead of a three-week trial at the same court from 26 April 2027. They will next appear in court for a pre-trial hearing on 12 February next year.