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UK court convicts former soldier of passing intelligence to Iran

A wanted sign featuring an image of Daniel Abed Khalife, a former soldier found guilty of passing on information to Iran, is displayed near London's Wandsworth Prison after an escape attempt in 2023 [File: Anna Gordon/Reuters]

A former British soldier has been convicted of passing on sensitive information to people connected with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

On Thursday, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court in London found Daniel Abed Khalife guilty of breaching the United Kingdom’s Official Secrets Act and the Terrorism Act after delivering classified material, including the names of special forces officers, to Iran between May 2019 and January 2022.

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