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Teen pleads guilty over arson attack on Iran International offices in London

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Teen pleads guilty over arson attack on Iran International offices in London. (2026, August 21). The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/teen-pleads-guilty-over-arson-attack-on-iran-international-offices-in-london

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Nathan Dunn, a 19-year-old British teenager, pleaded guilty on Friday to reckless arson at the offices of Volant Media in northwest London. The attack occurred in April when an ignited container was thrown towards the premises, but fortunately caused no damage or injuries as it landed in a car park and extinguished itself. The device was allegedly linked to a suspicious vehicle that had been denied entry to the site earlier. Dunn's co-defendants, a 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, are also involved in the case.

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A British teenager, Nathan Dunn, 19, has pleaded guilty to an arson attack on the offices of Volant Media in northwest London in April. The company is the parent of Iran International, a TV station that criticizes Iran's government. The attack involved throwing an ignited container into the car park of the office building, but it was extinguished itself and caused no damage or injuries. Dunn had originally been charged alongside two others, a 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy who cannot be named due to his age.

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British Iran Iran International London Volant Media

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London GPE · 6× Iran International ORG · 3× British NORP · 1× Dunn PERSON · 1× Iran GPE · 1× Nathan Dunn PERSON · 1× REUTERS ORG · 1× Volant Media ORG · 1×

Narrative

Nathan Dunn, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of "arson being reckless as to whether life is endangered" at London's Old Bailey over the incident in April in which an ignited container was thrown towards premises belonging to Volant Media, the parent company of the London-based broadcaster.

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2026-08-21 · The Straits Times

Teen pleads guilty over arson attack on Iran International offices in London · assertive framing

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Teen pleads guilty over arson attack on Iran International offices in London LONDON, Aug 21 - asserted

Teen → plead → London

A British teenager pleaded guilty on Friday over an arson attack at offices linked to television station Iran International in northwest London earlier this year. asserted

teenager → plead → London

container → plead → broadcaster

The device landed in a car park and the fire extinguished itself, causing no damage or injuries. asserted

fire → land → damage

Dunn had originally been charged alongside a 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of his age. asserted

who → charge → age

Iran International, a broadcaster critical of Iran's government, said at the time that a suspicious vehicle had been denied entry to its London site shortly before the incendiary device was thrown. asserted

device → say → site