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Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges Published: 18 July 2021 18 July 2021
New York - A New York federal court unsealed an indictment Tuesday charging four Iranian nationals with conspiracies related to kidnapping, sanctions violations, bank and wire fraud, and money laundering. A co-conspirator and California resident, also of Iran, faces additional structuring charges.
According to court documents, 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, author and human rights activist for mobilizing public opinion in Iran and around the world to bring about changes to the regime’s laws and practices. Niloufar Bahadorifar, aka Nellie Bahadorifar, 46, originally of Iran and currently residing in California, is alleged to have provided financial services that supported the plot.
Connecting the immigration dots Biden ignores. Mon Jul 19, 2021 On July 13, 2021 the Department of Justice issued a press release that announced, Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges. The subtitle of that press release provides a bit more information:
Iranian Intelligence Services Allegedly Plotted to Kidnap a U.S. Journalist and Human Rights Activist from New York City for Rendition to Iran. The information contained in the DOJ press release reads like the plot of an international spy novel, but this case is not a fictitious novel. The claims made in the press release detail a serious plot allegedly mounted by the renegade government of Iran to shut down any criticisms of the Tehran regime by kidnapping Iranian expatriates around the world to silence them and to intimidate any others who might consider speaking out against the Iranian government.
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Iranian-American journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad details how the FBI protected her against a Tehran-ordered kidnapping plot. CREDIT: Twitter/AlinejadMasih
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday announced that it was indicting members of Iranian Intelligence Services for a plot to kidnap an American journalist and human rights activist. The charges against four Iranian nationals include conspiracy related to kidnapping, sanctions, violations, bank and wire fraud, and money laundering, according to a statement released by the agency.
From the DOJ report:
According to court documents, 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, author and human rights activist for mobilizing public opinion in Iran and around the world to bring about changes to the regime’s laws and practices. Niloufar Bahadorifar, aka Nellie Bahador
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