US EditionUS says Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill dissident
Carlisle Rivera received the maximum 15-year sentence for conspiring to kill journalist Masih Alinejad in a plot directed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, foiled after months of surveillance.
- A man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a plot to assassinate journalist Masih Alinejad.
- Carlisle Rivera was arrested in November 2024, and the plot was directed by the Iranian government, according to the US Justice Department.
- Alinejad called for the US to act against Iranian power holders, specifically mentioning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- John Eisenberg stated that the sentence shows the consequences of conspiring with a regime based on violence and intimidation.
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Man sentenced for murder-for-hire plot against journalist in NYC
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- A man found guilty in a murder-for-hire plot targeting a journalist, author, and human rights activist living in New York City has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Carlisle Rivera, 50, who officials say was hired by the Government of Iran to target Masih [...]
Federal judge gives man 15 years for Iran-backed assassination plot on US soil
A federal judge sentenced a would-be assassin to the maximum 15 years in prison for plotting to kill an Iranian American journalist in New York on behalf of Iran’s government.U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman said the defendant, Carlisle Rivera, caused "great harm" to American journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad and her husband, calling the messages Rivera exchanged while planning the 2024 Brooklyn attack "chilling."Alinejad tol…
Would-be assassin gets 15 years for NYC plot against Iraninan-American journalist
A federal judge gave would-be assassin Carlisle Rivera the maximum 15 years in prison Wednesday for plotting to kill Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad on behalf of Tehran in Brooklyn in 2024.
Man gets 15 yrs in jail for plot to kill Iranian American journalist
New York: A federal judge gave a would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison Wednesday, January 28, for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran after hearing the woman who was targeted describe multiple attempts on her life as threats against all Americans. Judge Lewis J Liman said Carlisle Rivera’s written conversations as he plotted to kill journalist and human rights advocate Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn in 2024 wer…
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