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UK Jails Two Over Iran-Backed Zeraati Stabbing

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Metropolitan Police undated handout photos of George Stana, 25, (left) Nandito Badea, the two Romanian men who British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government and were found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of stabbing Iran International's journalist Pouria Zeraati in London, Britain.

A London court sentenced George Stana to 12 years and Nandito Badea to eight years for the 2024 stabbing of Iranian dissident journalist Pouria Zeraati outside his Wimbledon home. Official sentencing remarks say the attack followed weeks of reconnaissance, caused three thigh wounds and was carried out for a foreign power's benefit, with evidence pointing to the Iranian state. The case is linked to Tehran's use of criminal proxies against opposition media and Britain's Jewish community. Israel should see the verdict as proof that the regime attacking the Jewish state also exports intimidation to democratic cities.

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