{"id":349774,"date":"2026-06-05T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cctv-shows-terrifying-moment-iran-backed-criminals-launch-knife-attack-on-british-soil\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:00:40","slug":"cctv-shows-terrifying-moment-iran-backed-criminals-launch-knife-attack-on-british-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cctv-shows-terrifying-moment-iran-backed-criminals-launch-knife-attack-on-british-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV shows terrifying moment Iran-backed criminals launch knife attack on British soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dCCMPWlB1gI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"CCTV shows terrifying moment Iran-backed criminals launch knife attack on British soil\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dCCMPWlB1gI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>An Iranian television presenter stabbed in a knife attack commissioned by the Tehran regime says police failed to connect a series of warnings and suspicious incidents which, he believes, might have prevented the violent assault against him.<\/p>\n<p>Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati was left bleeding in the street after he was attacked by proxies of the Iranian regime outside his home in Wimbledon, south-west London, on March 29 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Zeraati, an anchor at the Persian-language broadcaster Iran International, said he was \u201cshocked\u201d to discover that his wife had unwittingly recorded one of his future attackers carrying out reconnaissance outside their London home more than a year before the stabbing.<\/p>\n<p>Zeraati\u2019s wife filmed two men after noticing them behaving suspiciously outside the couple\u2019s apartment block in March 2023, dressed in black with their hoods up and wandering across the driveway.<\/p>\n<p>She shared the footage with police, who detained and questioned the men, but concluded there was no evidence linking them to the threats from Tehran against Zeraati.<\/p>\n<p>But in March 2024, it was one of those men, 25-year-old George Stana, who returned to the same address as part of a group that stabbed Zeraati three times in the leg &#8211; an attack commissioned by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n<p>Stana, alongside fellow Romanian Nandito Badea, was found guilty on Friday of attacking Zeraati at Woolwich Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed to be the first successful prosecution in the UK connected to an attack by criminals acting on behalf of the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p>Zeraati worked for Iran International, a competitor of the state broadcaster, which the Iranian regime designated a terrorist organisation and branded \u201ca network of spies\u201d.<\/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 TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian television presenter stabbed in a knife attack commissioned by the Tehran regime says police failed to connect a series of warnings and suspicious incidents which, he believes, might have prevented the violent assault against him. 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