UK charges 2 Iranian men over alleged Yom Kippur terror plot in Manchester

Two Iranian men have been charged with terror offenses over an alleged plot to attack the Jewish community in Manchester on the eve of Yom Kippur, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in the UK this year. London’s Metropolitan police named the suspects as 36-year-old Salam Ahmadyan of Liverpool and 34-year-old Rahman Salehi of Salford, who were arrested on September 20, on the eve of the holiest day in Judaism, a year after a deadly synagogue attack in Manchester. They were charged on Friday with “engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts,” police said. Authorities also said the two men are allegedly in contact with a third person who may be in Iran in relation to the alleged plot.