Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of Iranian nationals of Salam Ahmadyan, 36, (left) of Liverpool and Rahman Salehi, 34, of Salford who have been remanded in custody after appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning, charged with preparation for terrorist acts over an alleged bomb plot against the Jewish community in Manchester. District Judge Nina Tempia remanded both men into custody to next appear at the Old Bailey for a hearing on October 23. Picture date: Saturday October 3, 2026. - (PA Wire)
Two Iranian men who arrived illegally in the UK on small boats identified a Manchester synagogue previously subjected to a fatal terrorist attack as a target for an alleged homemade bomb plot, a court has heard.
Salam Ahmadyan, 36, of Liverpool, and Rahman Salehi, 34, of Salford, conducted “hostile reconnaissance” at Heaton Park Synagogue in north Manchester along with the Jewish Museum in Cheetham Hill, prosecutors allege.
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