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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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London stabbing of journalist ordered by third party acting for Iran, court told

Pouria Zeraati
Pouria Zeraati. The court heard his image had appeared on a ‘wanted: dead or alive’ poster in Tehran in 2022. Photograph: Iran International

The stabbing of a journalist in London was a planned attack ordered by a third party acting on behalf of the Iranian state, a court has heard.

Pouria Zeraati, a British journalist of Iranian origin, had worked for Iran International, a Farsi-language dissident broadcaster, when he was stabbed in the leg outside his west London home in 2024.

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