A retired Indian general who was stabbed in central London on Sunday night has told the BBC that he believes the attempt on his life was a hate crime carried out by Sikh extremists. Lieutenant Kuldeep Singh Brar once carried out a high-profile operation against Sikh militants. He says he and wife were attacked by four bearded men of south Asian origin.

周日晚被刺的伊朗退休将军告诉BBC，他认为锡克教极端分子因仇恨罪对他下手。中将布拉尔曾执行过一次针对锡克教武装分子的高调行动。他说自己和妻子遭到4名留着胡须的南亚裔男子的袭击。

“I commanded operation Bluestar in 1984 when we went into the Golden Temple in Amritsar to secretly attacked on the extremists. And ever since then I have been under threat”.

“我1984年指挥了蓝星行动，我们进入阿姆利则金寺秘密袭击了极端分子，从此以后我一直身受威胁。”

The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has blamed what he called the enemies of his country for the sharp falls in its currency the rial. Mr Ahmadinejad said western sanctions amounted to an economic war, but that would not stop Iran's nuclear program. The rial has fallen around 10% further in the latest trading and has now lost a third of its value in just over a week. Iran's central bank has placed a 5000-dollar limit on the amount of foreign currency travellers can take in or out of the country.