Nazanin Boniadi Instagram – I’m horrified to learn that my good friend and prominent Iranian journalist @pouriazeraati was stabbed multiple times outside his London home. While the @metpolice_uk is investigating, I hope they take the credible threats made by the Islamic Republic against current and former @iranintltv journalists (including @fardadfarahzad, @niushasaremi, @shelerhaghanifar and @simaa_sabet) seriously, especially given the regime’s decades-long history of targeted extraterritorial killings. UK and European lawmakers often ask how they can best help the people of Iran realize their democratic aspirations — which would also result in regional and global peace and stability. How about by ensuring that dissidents are protected and regime cronies don’t get to live freely in our democracies while they terrorize people at home and abroad? How about we stop appeasing and platforming the Islamic Republic authorities and start providing a safe haven to those who risk everything for freedom? If this was meant to cower dissidents into silence I can assure you it has only stiffened our collective resolve to stand united against a bloodthirsty regime that uses both domestic and transnational repression to maintain power. Get well soon, Pouria. More power to you and all journalists and activists who expose the crimes of the IR. #JournalismIsNotACrime #IRGCterrorists