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Two Romanians Jailed in UK for Stabbing Journalist on Behalf of Iran
(BBC) Daniel Sandford - Two Romanian nationals - Nandito Badea, 21, and George Stana, 25 - have been jailed for stabbing Pouria Zeraati, an Iran International journalist, on behalf of the Iranian regime in an attempt to "silence" him in March 2024 as he walked to his car near his home in Wimbledon. Stana was sentenced to 12 years in prison and Badea to eight, after being convicted last month of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "For anyone to act on behalf of Iran and to plan and carry out an attack on a journalist, on British soil, is deplorable. Today's sentence sends a clear message to the Iranian regime and those who do its bidding." Justice Cheema-Grubb said the victim "was not selected at random. He had previously been subject to threats," and there had been posters in the Iranian capital Tehran with his photograph and the words "Wanted. Dead or alive."