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U.S. Charges Iranian Revolutionary Guards Official in Failed Plot to Kidnap and Assassinate Masih Alinejad

Oct 22, 2024, 04:36 PM

The U.S. has charged an Iranian Revolutionary Guards official and three other men in connection with a 2022 failed plot to kidnap and assassinate Iranian-American human rights activist Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have identified one of the accused as IRGC brigadier general Ruhollah Bazghandi. The plot, which targeted Alinejad for her criticism of Iran’s repression of women, has also led to charges against members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran.