Four Iranian spies have been charged with plotting to kidnap journalist and author Masih Alinejad, 44
Alinejad has frequently criticized the regime in Tehran for human rights abuses and fled the country in 2009
She said that she had been informed of an audacious plot to snatch her and police were outside her door
The plotters, all of whom are in Iran, intended to lure her to a third country and then take her to Tehran
The spies were monitoring her home in Brooklyn and had installed a live feed showing her house
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An indictment unsealed on Tuesday outlines an alleged Iranian plot to kidnap U.S.-based journalist and Iranian government critic, later identified as Masih Alinejad. This photo shows Alinejad onstage at Tina Brown s 7th Annual Women In The World Summit in New York City on April 7, 2016.
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New York-based journalist and Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad urged President Joe Biden to show some gumption by taking on the government of Iran after an indictment detailing a plot to kidnap her from the U.S. was unsealed on Tuesday.
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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.