Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident who is now a United States citizen, took the stand Tuesday in the trial of the men ...

A charismatic journalist from Iran who prosecutors say was targeted for assassination by her former homeland's government has ...

Iranian journalist and murder-for-hire target Masih Alinejad described in court Tuesday the moment she saw her bungling would-be killer staring straight into her eyes through her pristine sunflower ...

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident and journalist who is now a United States citizen, took the stand Tuesday in the trial of the men accused of trying to kill her. Prosecutors say it was an ...

The Iranian government wanted to kidnap and kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad for shining a light on the regime’s ...

The organization then gave him a mission: Kill Masih Alinejad. By Colin Moynihan Khalid Mehdiyev returned a phone call in the summer of 2022 from a fellow member of the Russian mob, Polad Omarov.

Prosecutors say figures in Tehran hired two men to kill Masih Alinejad, a journalist who had criticized Iran’s head scarf laws. By Colin Moynihan In the summer of 2022, a group of people ...

Prosecutors say the men helped direct a murder-for-hire scheme aimed at Masih Alinejad. The trial is expected to show Iran’s efforts to punish those who criticize it, no matter where they are.

I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy ...