BBC News reported that two men, Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Javadi Manesh, were convicted of "conduct likely to assist Iranian intelligence" in a case tied to a plan to target journalists based in the United Kingdom.
The Guardian reported that Sepahvand, 41, and Javadi Manesh, 46, were hired through social media as part of a plan to "eliminate" journalists in the UK. The Guardian described both men as being of Iranian origin and said they had been found guilty of assisting Tehran's intelligence services. The report was written by Rajeev Syal, the paper's home affairs editor.
According to The Guardian, the men carried out surveillance and reconnaissance in an effort to inflict violence on targets. The Guardian's summary does not name the targets, the locations involved, or the dates on which the surveillance took place, and it does not describe the men's exact role beyond those activities.
The two accounts differ in emphasis. BBC News framed the case around a plan to target UK-based journalists, while The Guardian framed it around a plan to eliminate them. Both outlets reported that the men were found guilty, and the descriptions of the verdicts are consistent across the two reports.
Neither the BBC News summary nor The Guardian summary says when the verdicts were returned, which court heard the case, or what sentences the men face. Neither summary includes comment from the men or from Iranian authorities, so the reports available do not show how the defendants or Tehran responded.
Sources: BBC News: Two men found guilty of spying for Iran over plan to target UK-based journalists; The Guardian: Two men found guilty of helping Iran try to ‘eliminate’ UK-based journalists.