Media watchdog welcomes conviction of 2 men for attack on Iran International journalist
LONDON: The Committee to Protect Journalists said it welcomed a UK court’s decision to convict two Romanian men for the stabbing of Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati in an attack prosecutors said was ordered by the Iranian state.
“The evidence presented in this trial was deeply chilling, showing the level of planning and extended surveillance that preceded Pouria Zeraati’s stabbing,” said CPJ Europe and Central Asia Director Fiona O’Brien, who described it as a “targeted, deliberate, and funded attack.”
She added that while the convictions were welcome, “those who ordered it must also be held accountable.”
Zeraati, a prominent presenter for the Persian-language broadcaster, was stabbed three times in the leg near his southwest London home on March 29, 2024, and was hospitalized for several weeks. His attackers fled the UK immediately after the attack.
