Iranian journalist and murder-for-hire target Masih Alinejad described in federal court Tuesday the moment she saw Khalid Mehdiyev staring straight into her eyes as he allegedly planned to kill her.

For high-stakes plots like an effort to kill President Trump, Iran has turned to common criminals, raising questions about ...

Masih Alinejad blows a kiss to supporters outside the federal courthouse after testifying at the trial of her would-be assassins in New York, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

In the years following the 2020 US drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassim Suleimani, the country's retaliation strategy has largely avoided dramatic, direct confrontations ...

In 2022, a hitman was allegedly hired as part of a plot hatched in Iran to assassinate Masih Alinejad, a critic of the Iranian regime, in New York. Threats continue to turn her life upside down.

Masih Alinejad on "being a product of the Iranian Revolution" and the treatment of women in Iran 01:40. Prominent Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad lambasted her former home ...

The Iranian government wanted to kidnap and kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad for shining a light on the regime’s torturous oppression of women, a Manhattan jury heard in opening ...

Masih Alinejad has already been the target of two plots, allegedly backed by Iran. She has said that unless the Biden administration's policies on Iran change, her life will continue to be in danger.

Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad on Monday told the Iranian regime, “Go to hell,” just days after authorities informed her a man armed with an AK-47-style rifle was arrested in ...

Iranian journalist and regime critic Masih Alinejad in her home in Flatbush, Brooklyn. William Miller “I was there to try to kill the journalist,” said Mehdiyev, of Yonkers.

Masih Alinejad, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist and journalist, said on Saturday that it is a "badge of honor" to have the same alleged attempted assassins as President-elect ...