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Iranian journalist shares defiant photo from hospital bed after being stabbed outside London home

Source: Instagram/Pouria Zeraati

An Iranian journalist who was stabbed outside his London home has shared a defiant photo of himself smiling in a hospital bed.

Pouria Zeraati, who hosts a show on the Persian language network Iran International, was attacked as he left his house in Wimbledon on Friday.

On Saturday, he posted a photograph

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