Prominent Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad lambasted her former home country just days after a man with an AK-47-style assault rifle was arrested near her home in Brooklyn.

Masih Alinejad told Insider that she's "not scared" by Iran's alleged plot to kidnap her. Presley Ann/Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Insider The FBI foiled an alleged Iranian plot to kidnap Masih Alinejad ...

It’s been 13 years since Masih Alinejad hugged her mother. That realization hits her during a TIME interview in early February, followed by another one: “Oh my God, I forgot my mom’s face,” she says, ...

Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad, a staunch critic of the country’s theocratic government, was the target of a plot by intelligence operatives to kidnap her and forcibly bring her back to ...

A chill must have gone down the spines of dissident journalists all over the world when the news about Jamal Khashoggi came out a week ago — that he had disappeared inside the Saudi consulate in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A journalist from Iran who prosecutors said was the target of an assassination plot testified Tuesday that Tehran’s campaign to silence her left her feeling broken, but that she ...

WASHINGTON – Three members of an Eastern European criminal gang have been charged in a murder for hire plot with links to Iran targeting an Iranian-American human rights activist who has been a vocal ...

It is well-known that Masih Alinejad is a women's rights activist and journalist who fled Iran in 2009 for opposing the Islamic regime and its strict rules against females. Alinejad was the first to ...

Journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad is outraged at progressive Americans for refusing to stand with Iranian women and called on high-powered liberals such as Michelle Obama and Oprah ...

Masih Alinejad rallied support and solidarity for the women of Iran in her rousing acceptance speech for the Global Impact Award, presented by Iranian Diaspora Collective co-founder Moj Mahdara at ...

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Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad, a staunch critic of the country’s theocratic government, was the target of a plot by intelligence operatives to kidnap her and forcibly bring her back to ...