A court hears that the March 2024 stabbing of British-Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati in London was a planned attack ordered by a third party acting on behalf of the Iranian state, according to reporting from the BBC and The Guardian. Zeraati, who works as a journalist and had previously worked for Iran International, a Farsi-language dissident broadcaster, was attacked outside his home in west London. The BBC reports he suffered three stab wounds. The Guardian says the attack was carried out by men acting under an order from a third party. Both accounts frame the case as involving alleged links to the Iranian state, presented during court proceedings. The reports describe the stabbing as targeted and arranged rather than a spontaneous assault, and they identify Zeraati as a journalist of Iranian origin. The sources refer to what prosecutors or the prosecution case has told the court, but they do not provide additional details in the provided excerpts about arrests, charges, or outcomes.