July 8 (UPI) -- Britain has summoned Iran's charge d'affairs after a judge last week sentenced two Romanian men to prison for stabbing an Iranian journalist in London in 2024, an attack the court found was carried out on behalf of the iranian state.
"We take threats posed by Iran and those who do its bidding extremely seriously," a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement.
"Iran's actions attempt to undermine UK sovereignty and security, and are completely unacceptable -- it must cease in these activities immediately."
Ali Nasimfar, charge d'affairs of the Iranian Embassy in London, was summoned by Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer on Tuesday, after a British judge sentenced Nandito Badea, 21, and George Stana, 25, to prison over the March 29, 2024, attack.
According to prosecutors, the two men attacked Pouria Zeraati, a reporter with the Britain-based Persian-language broadcaster Iran International, as he was leaving his Wimbledon home.
