US charges four with plot to kidnap journalist critical of Iran © Provided by Al Jazeera Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad has contributed to the Voice of America s (VOA) Persian-language service and reports on human rights issues in Iran [File: Brendan McDermid/Reuters] US prosecutors have charged four Iranians, alleged to be intelligence operatives, with conspiring to kidnap a New York journalist who was critical of Tehran, according to a Justice Department indictment.
While the indictment, unsealed on Tuesday, did not name the target of the plot, the Reuters news agency has confirmed the person as Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, who has contributed to the Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian-language service and reports on human rights issues in Iran.
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نیو یارک: ایرانی حکومت کی ناقد صحافی کے اغوا کی کوشش، چار افراد کے خلاف فرد جرم عائد
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