Jomana Karadsheh

And, you know, you look at that, and you look at what people were being asked to do, and how easy it is that I think, why not?

Why wouldn't the Iranian regime at a time like this, when it wants to put pressure on

on other Western countries, why not try and use that same playbook elsewhere?

And that's exactly what security experts we've been talking to for the past few weeks have been telling us.

It's exactly the same thing.

And they're saying they've also learned that from the Russians.

That's what they're saying.

You know, there was another arson attack in the UK.

Whether there's any sort of coordination between the Russians and the Iranians, that's unclear.

But that's a possibility, according to some experts.

Or it's just...

you know, just adopting that same tactic and using something that, you know, keeps that distance between the state that may be behind this and, you know, your low level guns for hire who are carrying out these different attacks.

I think what is really concerning right now is where does this go next?

um in the uk for example right you know i've been for years speaking with iranian dissidents and journalists who have been targeted by uh the islamic republic um outside the country and so this is not new they're not surprised that this is actually happening you know there have been plots whether it's in the us or in the uk where i am where i've been speaking

to people to assassinate and kill these journalists and dissidents where they would hire criminals to do this.

And the concern right now is it could get much worse, is what people are saying.

And they're really worried that, you know, right now, if the Iranians are seeing how effective this method is,

and using it to put pressure on these different Western governments, could they take this further?

And I think what happened in Golders Green with the stabbing attack,

also worried people that two members of the Orthodox Jewish community were seriously hurt in that stabbing attack that was claimed by this Iranian-linked group.