DOJ charges 3 men in murder-for-hire plot against journalist critical of Iran
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has charged three members of an Eastern European criminal group with ties to Iran with attempting to assassinate a prominent U.S. journalist and activist critical of the Iranian regime.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has charged three members of an Eastern European criminal group with ties to Iran with attempting to assassinate a prominent U.S. journalist and activist critical of the Iranian regime.
In a 25-page indictment unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Department of Justice said the three men were enlisted last year to murder an American citizen of Iranian origin on U.S. soil. The indictment did not identify the victim by name but said the person wrote critically about Iran’s treatment of women, protesters and other issues.
Soon after the charges were announced, writer and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad revealed that she was the target of the assassination plot.
“I just learned from 12 FBI agents that the 3 men hired by the Iranian regime to kill me on US soil have been indicted. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards have been conducting these terrorist operations for four decades. Islamic Republic is ISIS with oil. #WomanLifeFreedom,” she tweeted.
Garland announces charges in murder-for-hire plot to kill U.S. citizen targeted by IranJan. 27, 202301:41The attempted assassination occurred after the FBI and federal officials disrupted an Iranian group's previous attempt to silence Alinejad on U.S. soil. But the second plot last summer didn't succeed either.
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