London stabbing of journalist ordered by third party acting for Iran, court told

Pouria Zeraati, who worked for a dissident Farsi-language broadcaster, was attacked outside his home in 2024

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.