Iran spies ‘wanted to kill two presenters in London’ in plot dubbed ‘the wedding’

Iran spies ‘wanted to kill two presenters in London’ in plot dubbed ‘the wedding’
Iran spies ‘wanted to kill two presenters in London’ in plot dubbed ‘the wedding’
Iran spies ‘wanted to kill two presenters in London’ in plot dubbed ‘the wedding’
Iran spies ‘wanted to kill two presenters in London’ in plot dubbed ‘the wedding’
Iran spies ‘wanted to kill two presenters in London’ in plot dubbed ‘the wedding’

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (14229662ad) Armed military personnel of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), wearing Palestinian scarves, are participating in the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas (Al-Aqsa Mosque) military rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 24, 2023. The rally, known as Ela Bait al-Maqdis, which means ''forward to Al-Aqsa Mosque,'' is organized by the IRGC's Mohammad Rasulullah Division to show support for Palestinians. Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas Military Rally In Tehran, Iran - 24 Nov 2023
The IRGC has been compared to other terrorist organisations (Picture: Shutterstock)

A double agent has uncovered a sinister plot to kill two news presenters at an Iranian news channel based in London.

Iranian spies, associates of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, offered a people-smuggler more than £150,000 to murder two Iran International news presenters outside of their West London television studio.

In a plan dubbed ‘the wedding’, the two targets- Farhad Farahzad and Sima Sabet – had no idea they were being targeted.

Instructions were sent out by one of the top members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Muhammed Abd al-Razek Kanafani, who has close ties to Syria’s al-Assad.

The terrifying plot was uncovered last autumn when the people-smuggler they offered money to revealed the plans to ITV news – and it has since been verified by officials.

The two spies had allegedly told the people-smuggler to plant a car bomb outside of the television studio, but later changed the plans to an in-person stabbing in the presenter’s homes.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (14229662z) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military personnel are participating in the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas (Al-Aqsa Mosque) military rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 24, 2023. The Ela Bait al-Maqdis, meaning ''forward to Al-Aqsa Mosque,'' is a military rally organized by the IRGC's Mohammad Rasulullah Division to support Palestinians. Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas Military Rally In Tehran, Iran - 24 Nov 2023
IRGC members helped to coordinate the murder plans (Picture: Shutterstock)
This handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on November 11, 2023, shows Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Riyadh. Arab leaders and Iran's president are in the Saudi capital on November 11, for a summit meeting expected to underscore demands that Israel's war in Gaza end before the violence draws in other countries. The emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) comes after Hamas militants' bloody October 7 attacks that Israeli officials say left about 1,200 people dead and 239 taken hostage. (Photo by Ahmed NURELDINE / SAUDI PRESS AGENCY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said to also be behind the plans (Picture: AFP)

Kanfani said told the people smuggler: ‘Today we changed the entire strategy regarding the wedding… Now there is still a bride and groom… Quietly. Bride and groom; bride and groom.’

Ismail confirmed: ‘In other words they do not want to have a party? They want something intimate, closed off?’

Kanafani responded: ‘With god’s help. Even with a kitchen knife.’

Ms Sabet, one of the targets, told ITV: ‘The fact that they tried to kill me shows I did my job well, I was effective… I didn’t betray people and I stood with them, even with my life on the line.’

Ismail said his ‘commanders’ told him: ‘This London thing must be done in any circumstances. We must finish them.’

Often compared to ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, the IRGC has been held responsible for global terrorist attacks and hostage-taking on foreign soil, including the UK, as well as human rights violations in Iran.

Sima Sabet Iranian spies offered man ?150,000 to stab two news presenters to death in London with a kitchen knife until he double-crossed them (MUST LEGAL)
Sima Sabet was one of the intended targets (Picture: Iran International)
Iranian spies offered man ?150,000 to stab two news presenters to death in London with a kitchen knife until he double-crossed them (MUST LEGAL) Fardad Farahzad
Farhad Farahzad was considered the ‘groom’ in the plan (Picture: Iran International)

The daughter of Minoo Majidi, who died from 167 shotgun pellets, says her mum was killed by them.

She told Metro.co.uk: ‘I cannot help but feel that because my name is Mahsa and this has happened to Mahsa Amini, my mother joined the protests.

‘Her last words to my father were “If I don’t go and you don’t go, then the youth will, and they will be killed.”‘

Journalists are often the target of attacks from the IRGC, and recently, the US Department for Justice disclosed a plot to kidnap Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.

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