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Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others
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NEW YORK (AP) – An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S. journalist and human rights activist from New York to Iran, authorities said Tuesday.
An indictment in Manhattan federal court alleges that the plot was part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom to Iran. The identities of the alleged victims were not released.
According to the indictment, all of the targeted victims had been critical of Iran.
Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others
LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S. journalist and human rights activist from New York to Iran, authorities said Tuesday.
An indictment in Manhattan federal court alleges that the plot was part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom to Iran. Victims were also targeted in the United Arab Emirates, authorities said. The identities of the alleged victims were not released.
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