Four Iranian nationals charged with plotting to kidnap journalist in New York

The shocking plot comes in the midst of a major shift in the United States’ policy towards the Iranian regime.

Four Iranian nationals have been charged in an alleged plot to kidnap a Brooklyn-based journalist who has been critical of the Middle Eastern country.

“According to an indictment unsealed in a New York federal court Tuesday, Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani, aka Vezerat Salimi and Haj Ali, 50; Mahmoud Khazein, 42; Kiya Sadeghi, 35; and Omid Noori, 45, all of Iran, conspired to kidnap a Brooklyn journalist critical of the Iranian regime,” CNN reported.

Four Iranian nationals have been charged in an alleged plot to kidnap a US journalist and human rights activist from New York, court documents show. https://t.co/QEYTFRHJuQ

— CNN (@CNN) July 14, 2021

The Islamic Republic of Iran, which the Obama-Biden administration nearly let acquire a nuclear weapon, had a “scheme” to target “dissidents,” the Department of Justice alleged.

“Masih Alinejad, an activist with over 5 million followers on Instagram, said she is the journalist targeted in the plot. Authorities released the indictment [but it] did not name Alinejad publicly,” CNN reported.

CPJ strongly condemns the alleged plot by Iranian intelligence operatives to kidnap Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad in the United States.@AlinejadMasih https://t.co/LvMbfl87lw

— Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) July 14, 2021

She was being protected by the FBI.

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