A Greek national has been accused of spying on an Iranian journalist in the UK by using a covert camera hidden inside a sock, a court has heard. Ioannis Aidinidis, who was born in Georgia and lives in Germany, is alleged to have carried out surveillance on a London-based journalist working for Iran International, a Persian-language TV channel. Prosecutor Lee Ingham told Westminster magistrates court that Aidinidis, 46, had travelled to the UK on two occasions in April and May 2026. On the second visit, Aidinidis allegedly “installed a covert camera hidden in a sock”, which was “able to send data to persons unknown abroad”. He was said to have then placed the camera in a tree. Aidinidis appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Friday charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service, believed to be Iran, under the National Security Act after an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London. He confirmed his identity through a Russian interpreter but did not enter any pleas.…