US Alleges Iranian Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Journalist
- Three men were charged with targeting Iranian-American writer
- NY-based journalist writes about Iran’s human rights abuses
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC, on Jan. 27.
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The US charged three individuals with a plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist living in New York for expressing views about Iran’s human rights abuses.
“The victim in this case was targeted for exercising the rights to which every American citizen is entitled,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a press conference in Washington Friday. “We will not tolerate attempts by a foreign power to threaten, silence or harm Americans.”