Two Romanians jailed over stabbing of Iranian TV journalist in London

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Two Romanians who took part in a “targeted” knife attack on a television journalist in London “on behalf of the Iranian state” have been jailed. Pouria Zeraati, who worked for the Persian-language channel Iran International, which is critical of the Tehran regime, was left bleeding in the street after being stabbed three times outside his home in Wimbledon. Nandito Badea, 21, and George Stana, 25, were convicted of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. At the Old Bailey on Friday, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the “evidence overwhelmingly points” to the attack being carried out on behalf of the Iranian regime. Stana, who the judge said “ought to have…