Two Romanian men whom British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government were yesterday found guilty of stabbing a journalist working for a Persian-language media organisation in London.
Pouria Zaratifoukolaei, known as Pouria Zeraati, a British journalist of Iranian origin who works for Iran International, was stabbed three times in the leg near his home in southwest London in March 2024.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson told jurors at the start of the trial last month that three men had targeted Zeraati, whose Saudi-funded TV employer is critical of Iran’s government and has been designated a terrorist organisation by Tehran.
Atkinson said they had carried out “a planned attack preceded by reconnaissance and which was ordered by a third party acting on behalf of the Iranian state”.
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