Two Iranian men charged over suspected terror plot targeting Jewish people in Manchester ahead of Yom Kippur

The pair were arrested on the eve of Yom Kippur and later charged with plotting to attack Jewish targets in Manchester.

The arrests come nearly a year after a deadly knife and gun attack on a synagogue in northern Manchester where worshippers had gathered for Yom Kippur

Man, most likely in Iran, was in contact with men arrested on the eve of Yom Kippur, police say Two Iranian men have been charged in relation to an alleged terror plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community. ​Police say another man, most likely in Iran, was in contact with them…

The British police said the two Iranian nationals were charged Friday with terrorism offenses.

The pair were arrested in the Northern Quarter area of the city on the eve of Yom Kippur.

Salam Ahmadyan, 36 and Rahman Salehi, 34 were both charged on Friday with engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist act

Two Iranian nationals have been charged over a suspected terror plot against Jewish people in Manchester.

Two Iranian nationals who arrived in the UK on small boats have appeared in court accused of targeting the Manchester Jewish Museum and Heaton Park synagogue in an alleged bomb plot.