{"id":124525,"date":"2023-12-21T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-wedding-iran-spy-plot-to-kill-two-news-presenters-uncovered-by-double-agent-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-21T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:00:30","slug":"the-wedding-iran-spy-plot-to-kill-two-news-presenters-uncovered-by-double-agent-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-wedding-iran-spy-plot-to-kill-two-news-presenters-uncovered-by-double-agent-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Wedding&#8217;: Iran spy plot to kill two news presenters uncovered by double agent| ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yVJnY6J0e1w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'The Wedding': Iran spy plot to kill two news presenters uncovered by double agent| ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVJnY6J0e1w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Iranian spies offered a people-smuggler $200,000 (around \u00a3158,290) to assassinate two news presenters codenamed \u201cthe bride and the groom\u201d outside their London studio, to show critics of the regime they \u201ccould do harm to them at any time\u201d.  <\/p>\n<p>The organisers can be named, and their plans laid bare, thanks to an ITV News investigation, which obtained video recordings and text messages exchanged as part of the plot. <\/p>\n<p>Last autumn, the spies made plans to strike the studios of Persian language news channel Iran International, based in a business park in West London, with a car bomb.  <\/p>\n<p>But over the course of a month, as their ambitions and anxieties grew, their plans had to change, and instead orders were sent to \u201csimply stab [the presenters] using a kitchen knife.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Their plot was foiled, however, by the very people-smuggler who they hired to arrange the atrocity.  <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian spies offered a people-smuggler $200,000 (around \u00a3158,290) to assassinate two news presenters codenamed \u201cthe bride and the groom\u201d outside their London studio, to show critics of the regime they \u201ccould do harm to them at any time\u201d. 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