It’s been a busy week for a string of foiled terror plots, all of which are alleged to conveniently point in the direction of Iran—or “radicalized individuals” possibly tied to Iran. The latest occurred on Oct. 2, when the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that Rahman Salehi, 34, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, were charged with “preparing to commit or assisting another to commit an act of terrorism” in Manchester “on or before” Yom Kippur, which this year began on September 20.
Al Jazeera further reported that “Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Salehi and Ahmadyan arrived in the UK on a small boat from Europe several years ago. One of the men had been granted asylum and the other had a live asylum claim, the Home Office said.
“Detectives said there was no connection between Friday’s charges and the suspected plot involving the RAF Fairford air base, over which a dual UK-Iranian national was arrested on Thursday,” Oct. 1