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US charges Iran Revolutionary Guard official in alleged plot to kill a human rights activist in NYC

Federal prosecutors have charged Ruhollah Bazghandi, a high-ranking Iranian official, in an alleged plot to kill journalist Masih Alinejad in New York City.
Attorney General Merrick Garland stated, "We will not tolerate efforts by an authoritarian regime like Iran to undermine the fundamental rights guaranteed to every American."
According to FBI Director Christopher Wray, "The newly unsealed charges expose the full extent of Iran’s plot to silence an American journalist for criticizing the Iranian regime.

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Deutsche Welle

US charges Iran general in plot to kill dissident journalist

The US has charged officials in Iran, including an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officer, with involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad. The FBI said Tehran sought to "silence" her.

5 months ago·Bonn, Germany

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Fox News

Iran Revolutionary Guard official charged in plot to kill Iranian American human rights activist in NYC

U.S. prosecutors have charged a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran in an assassination plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American human rights activist.

5 months ago·New York, United States

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Ynet News

US charges Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer in plot to kill Israelis, dissident jo

Senior Quds Force officer Ruhollah Bazghandi charged for planning attacks on Israelis abroad and involvement in assassination attempts in Istanbul; he and 3 alleged co-conspirators also plotted to kill Iranian-American journalist in New York

5 months ago·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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VOA News

US charges Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in plot to kill VOA host

The United States has charged a senior Iranian official and three others linked to Tehran for their role in a failed assassination plot targeting VOA host Masih Alinejad. Federal prosecutors in New York charged Ruhollah Bazghandi, a senior official in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and three other men linked to Tehran, with participating in a failed attempt to assassinate VOA Persian service journalist Alinejad in Brooklyn in 2022, a…

5 months ago·United States

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The New York Sun

Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Indicted for NYC Murder Plot

The high-ranking counterintelligence official stands accused of targeting exiled journalist Masih Alinejad in a brazen assassination attempt.

5 months ago·New York, United States

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Anadolu Ajansı

US charges Iranian general in alleged plot to assassinate rights activist

'We will not tolerate efforts by an authoritarian regime like Iran to undermine the fundamental rights guaranteed to every American,' says US Attorney General Merrick Garland - Anadolu Ajansı

5 months ago·Ankara, Türkiye

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