A prominent exiled Iranian journalist was stabbed outside his home in London on Friday following numerous threats that were made against his television station by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Iran International said that Pouria Zeraati, the host of its “Last Word” show, was stabbed by a group as he walked out of his home. He was rushed to the hospital with injuries but is listed in “stable condition,” the report said.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that “due to the victim’s occupation as a journalist at a Persian-language media organisation based in the UK, coupled with the fact that there has been a number of threats directed towards this group of journalists in recent times, the incident is being investigated by specialist officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.”
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