United Kingdom: A 19-year-old Norwegian man found guilty of plotting an assassination on behalf of an Iranian criminal group
Johannes Kongsnes Natland will learn his sentence in October. [© Metropolitan Police/REUTERS]A 19-year-old Norwegian, recruited by a criminal network affiliated with Iran, was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring to commit murder on British soil, London police announced.
A case that has shocked British public opinion. This Wednesday, Johannes Kongsnes Natland, a 19-year-old Norwegian, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in Great Britain. He was arrested in March 2025 in a hotel in Huddersfield, in northern England, in possession of a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver, and 19 rounds of ammunition, hidden under his bed.
The person the young man was tasked with killing could not be identified. Following a two-week trial at London's Old Bailey court, the jury found him guilty of agreeing to carry out a contract killing for the Swedish-based criminal network Foxtrot.
This organization and its leader Rawa Majid are sanctioned by the United Kingdom, accused of carrying out destabilizing activities on behalf of the Iranian regime.
"Agent 47"
The investigation showed that he had been contacted by an individual known as "Agent 47" who offered him 25,000 euros to commit an assassination in the United Kingdom.
According to messages found on his phone, the young man had received precise instructions, including maps, photos and videos indicating the location of the "hideout" containing the bag of weapons.
Analysis of the phone records showed that Johannes Kongsnes Natland had indeed understood "Agent 47's" request. When questioned by a friend in Norway who asked him if he had tested the weapons, he replied: "Not at all. They will be tested on the guy."
During the trial, Johannes Kongsnes Natland claimed he never intended to kill anyone and that he planned to "shoot himself in the foot" to avoid retaliation from the network without carrying out the contract. Johannes Kongsnes Natland will be sentenced in October.
UK: Muslims met in mosque to plot jihad massacre at synagogue
This news will pass without notice. If, however, the roles had been reversed, which they would not be and should not be, we would never hear the end of it. While the establishment media insists that Islam is a religion of peace and that every religion has its “extremists,” it behaves as if it knows as if that is not true.
CCTV shows Mohammad Bashir plotting UKDA terror attack
by James Chittick, Bury Times, July 24, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Newly released CCTV footage shows how Mohammad Bashir and Heaton Park synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie began plotting a terror attack on the UKDA base in Wiltshire.
“This time next year, we’re going green bird,” Mohammad Bashir told his associate.
The remark, captured via CCTV audio inside a Manchester mosque, would later become one of the most chilling pieces of evidence in a counter-terrorism investigation that uncovered plans for an attack on a military site and ultimately led to Bashir being jailed for life.
On Thursday, July 23, Bashir, 31, of Shaftesbury Road, Cheetham Hill, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Manchester Crown Court after admitting preparation of terrorist acts.
He will serve a minimum term of 17 years, reduced to 16 years and 135 days to account for time already served.
The case emerged from the enormous investigation launched after Jihad Al-Shamie carried out the fatal attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in October 2025.
While Bashir plotted alongside Al-Shamie in the weeks beforehand, counter-terrorism detectives have repeatedly stressed that they found no evidence that Bashir had prior knowledge of Al-Shamie’s plans for the synagogue attack.
Instead, the evidence showed the pair had been jointly researching and preparing for a separate attack targeting the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Wiltshire.
The investigation revealed how Bashir and Al-Shamie met at the Al Sunnah Mosque in Cheetham Hill in 2023 and gradually formed a close friendship.
Their extremist views became increasingly evident through online messages, social media activity, internet searches and conversations captured on mosque CCTV systems.
Investigators said the pair frequently met in secluded areas of the mosque where they believed they could not be seen or overheard.
However, cameras were recording both video and audio.
The footage would become some of the most compelling evidence in the case.
During one conversation, the court heard Al-Shamie say: “I wish we had a weapon.
“We need to get one.
“Crossbow.
“Is there a way for us to go in?”
Later in the exchange, Bashir responded: “You got me really excited.”
Al-Shamie then made clear the pair were discussing an attack they expected would end in their deaths.
“Once we go there, we’re not coming back.
“Once we go to the mission,” he said.
“Prepare to say bye to loved ones, any last debts we could pay off or any fines.”
In another recording, Bashir was heard telling Al-Shamie: “This time next year, we’re going green bird.”
Counter-terrorism officers told the court that the phrase is associated with martyrdom, with the souls of martyrs said to be “placed into green birds”….
