Two Iranian men identified Manchester synagogue as site for alleged bomb plot, court hears

Two Iranian men have been accused in a UK court of conducting surveillance on a Manchester synagogue as part of an alleged plot to carry out a homemade chlorine bomb attack against the city's Jewish community. Prosecutors stated that the suspects, identified as Salam Ahmadyan and Rahman Salehi, targeted a synagogue that was previously the site of a deadly attack a year prior.

The suspects were reportedly charged with preparing attacks on the local Jewish community. According to the court proceedings, the men scouted the Heaton Park synagogue this year to prepare for the alleged bombing plot, which involved the use of a chlorine device.