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Masih Alinejad

Masih Alinejad, 48, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 10, 2024, 1:24 am
Iranian American activist expresses defiance amid Tehran plots to kill her and Trump
Shocked by Justice Department’s disclosure of murder-for-hire schemes, Masih Alinejad says she’s more determined than ever to continue fighting for women’s rights in Iran
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is reflected in the bullet proof glass as he finishes speaking at a campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, November 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
November 8, 2024, 9:25 pm
Iran sought to assassinate Trump, US alleges as it announces charges against suspect
Plot said directed by IRGC terror group to avenge US killing of Qassem Soleimani; suspect was also allegedly told to kill two US Jews in New York and Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka
By Agencies
Masih Alinejad, an outspoken US-based opponent of Iran's Islamist regime, flashes a v-sign as she leaves a federal courthouse in Manhattan, New York, April 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Lawrence Neumeister)
October 22, 2024, 11:11 pm
US charges IRGC official, 3 others in plot to assassinate dissident journalist
Ex-head of Revolutionary Guard’s counterintelligence charged in updated indictment against suspects accused of trying to abduct and kill Masih Alinejad; defendants are in Iran
By Agencies
Illustrative: In this picture taken April 16, 2011, and released by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, a blindfolded man convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and slaying of two policemen waits to be hanged in public. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)
January 25, 2024, 5:38 pm
Iranian dissidents launch hunger strike to protest spike in executions
Activists, led by imprisoned 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, say wave of hangings include participant in 2022 protests who had mental health issues
By AFP
Police detain journalist Farida Rustamova holding a poster which reads 'Journalism Freedom,' during a protest outside the main headquarters of the country's top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 21, 2021 (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev, File)
May 3, 2023, 11:58 am
‘Freedom of the press is under attack’: UN sounds alarm over global assaults on media
Guterres stresses unfettered press is foundation of democracy, WSJ editor calls for Russia to free Evan Gershkovich; watchdog says 55 journalists, 4 media workers killed in 2022
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS
Iranian-American journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad during a session at the Congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 19, 2023. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
April 10, 2023, 11:48 pm
Iranian-born US woman given 4 years over plot to kidnap dissident Masih Alinejad
Niloufar Bahadorifar provided financial support for ‘brazen plot’ to abduct Iranian human rights activist living in US whom Tehran has sought to silence for years, US attorney says
By AFP
Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad gestures as she speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, September 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
January 27, 2023, 10:43 pm
US charges 3 in plot to kill Iranian-American anti-regime activist on US soil
Iranian, Slovenian and American indicted for money laundering and murder-for-hire of Masih Alinejad; the three men are in custody and one is awaiting extradition to the US
By AP and Jacob Magid
French-Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani poses on May 16, 2016 during a photocall for the film 'Paterson' at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP)
January 2, 2023, 2:52 pm
Exiled Iran opposition figures predict 2023 will be year of ‘victory’ for nation
Prominent Iranians in culture, human rights and sports, including former shah’s son, publish coordinated message declaring coming year will feature ‘freedom and justice’
By Stuart Williams
Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad gestures as she speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, September 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
December 16, 2022, 4:56 pm
US woman admits to unknowingly funding Iranian plot to kidnap leading dissident
US authorities say Niloufar Bahadorifar was intermediary between four Iranian agents who sought to snatch Masih Alinejad and a private American investigator paid to watch her
By AP
Police a synaguardgogue in Essen, Germany, October 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
December 3, 2022, 1:01 pm
Iran said using more hired assassins in plots against dissidents, Israelis and Jews
Washington Post reports Tehran recruited Colombian jewel thieves in a Dubai prison to target Israelis in Bogota, hired a drug dealer for plan to kill Bernard-Henri Levy in Paris
By ToI Staff
French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad at the Elysee Palace, Paris, November 12, 2022. (Twitter video screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 12, 2022, 11:04 pm
Iranian dissidents urge action after ‘groundbreaking’ meeting with Macron
French president meets with prominent female activists who demand Paris recall ambassador, downgrade ties with Tehran and sanction those responsible for crackdown on protests
By Stuart Williams
Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad gestures as she speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, September 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
September 24, 2022, 4:31 pm
Dissident living in US: ‘Iran women are furious’ at headscarf death, sick of regime
Masih Alinejad says female demonstrators taking to the streets of Iran amid deadly unrest ‘are protesting against the whole regime,’ not just compulsory head covering
By AP
Illustrative: Women spend an afternoon around the Persian Gulf Martyrs' Lake in Tehran, Iran, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
August 6, 2022, 9:49 am
Concern grows for Iranian woman detained, hospitalized after hijab protest
Sepideh Rashno disappeared in mid-July after altercation over head-covering, but re-emerged on state TV; said to have received medical care for blow to abdomen while imprisoned
By AFP
In this file photo taken on April 7, 2016, Journalist Masih Alinejad speaks onstage at the 7th Annual Women In The World Summit at the Lincoln Center in New York City. (Jemal Countess / Getty Images North America / AFP)
August 1, 2022, 9:48 am
Armed man arrested after trying to gain access to Iranian dissident’s home in NYC
Suspicious individual caught on camera looking through windows, trying to open door to home of Masih Alinejad, who has since moved to safety
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh during a press conference in Tehran, on February 22, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
September 4, 2021, 6:35 pm
Iran lashes out at US after sanctions imposed over alleged kidnap plot
Tehran claims America ‘addicted’ to sanctioning the Islamic Republic, demands it ‘show respect’
By AFP
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