Iran International spokesman Adam Baillie said the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had been targeting journalists and their families. Iran's charge d'affaires in the UK Mehdi Hosseini Matin said 'we deny any link' to the incident.
Pouria Zeraati, 36, was rushed to hospital after the stabbing on FridayAn Iranian broadcast journalist who was stabbed outside his home in London in an apparent murder plot has been discharged from hospital.
The Metropolitan Police said no arrests have been made, but it was confident the suspects 'do not present a risk to communities of London or the UK'.Mr Zeraati's wife, Oldouz Rezvani, 37, was inside their home as her husband was knifedLondon-based dissident channel Iran International aims to provide independent coverage of Iran, but the Tehran regime has declared it a terrorist organisation.
The Metropolitan Police said they were called at 2:49pm on March 29 to an address in Wimbledon, South London after a man was attacked and sustained an injury to his leg. According to The Times, initial indications suggest one of the gang asked Zeraati for cash and then held him in a bear hug while the second operative approached and stabbed the opposition journalist in the leg.
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