A former Iran International host was encouraged by British terrorism officials this week to leave her home for her own safety after a former colleague of hers survived an assassination attempt.
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 attack comes after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, has repeatedly threatened exiled Iranian dissidents for speaking out against the oppressive regime.
Sima Sabet, who used to work for BBC and had a show on Iran International, said following the attack that the Metropolitan Police’s Counter-Terrorism Unit “urged me to immediately leave my residence following a knife attack on…
