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3 Organized Crime Members With Ties To Iran Charged In Assassination Attempt Against US Citizen In NY

Photo Caption: Iran targets US journalist Masih Alinejad in murder-for-hire plot (Kambiz Foroohar<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0</a>)

A New York federal court on Friday unveiled an indictment charging three men on murder-for-hire and money laundering charges for plotting the assassination of a U.S. citizen targeted by the Iranian government.

All three men, associated with an Eastern European criminal organization, are in custody and will stand trial in the U.S., Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed. 

The Department of Defense has not named the victim, though Fox News confirmed the individual is Masih Alinejad, who was the target of a 2021 kidnapping plot that was foiled by the FBI.

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