Iranian TV presenter stabbed in London moves abroad for safety

Pouria Zeraati was stabbed in the leg in March in a ‘warning’. Iran has harassed dozens of exiled journalists amid ‘unprecedented’ transnational repression. Photograph: Guardian

An Iranian television presenter, who was attacked in London by men believed to be acting for the Tehran regime, has moved abroad, saying that he no longer felt safe in the UK.

Pouria Zeraati said the UK’s approach to the threat posed by Iran on British soil could not guarantee his safety.