
Iran using criminal gangs for hit jobs abroad, court papers show
created: May 15, 2025, 4:13 p.m. | updated: May 16, 2025, 11:06 p.m.
But rumours suggested his escape from prison, which led him to Turkey, may have been orchestrated by Iranian intelligence.
In one case in West London, a Chechen man was arrested near Iran International, a Persian-language TV station in London.
Last year, Pouria Zerati, a London-based presenter for Iran International, was attacked with a knife.
Sima Sabet, a presenter for Iran International, was one of the targets, but an attempt to blow up her car failed.
Sima Sabet, from Iran International, was the target of an assassination plot
1 month ago: BBC News