Iran Revolutionary Guard official charged in plot to kill Iranian American human rights activist in NYC

U.S. prosecutors person charged a personnel of nan Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran successful an assassination crippled to termination Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American quality authorities activist, connected American soil.

The updated indictment names Ruhollah Bazghandi and 3 different men successful a "murder-for-hire" plot, arsenic good arsenic money-laundering, and sanctions evasion charges. 

The Iranian guidance activist and journalist has been surviving successful exile successful New York City. The unsealed indictment does not mention her name, but Alinejad confirmed to The Associated Press and The New York Times that she was nan intended target.

Bazghandi is described successful tribunal papers arsenic a brigadier wide who antecedently served arsenic main of nan Revolutionary Guard's counterintelligence department.

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Masih Alinejad, journalist, author, women's authorities activistic & laminitis of United for Navid; speaks connected shape during nan 2022 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 2 astatine Sheraton New York connected September 20, 2022, successful New York City.  (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

In October 2017, nan U.S. authorities designated nan IRGC arsenic a world violent group, saying it has played a cardinal domiciled successful supporting Iran's engagement successful world terrorism. 

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) subject unit successful Tehran, Iran, connected November 24, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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In April 2023, nan Office of Foreign Assets Control said Bazghandi was progressive successful assassination land against journalists, Israeli citizens and others deemed enemies of Iran, on pinch his information successful nan detention of overseas prisoners held successful Iran and engagement successful operations successful Syria by nan Revolutionary Guard's counterintelligence department, nan indictment noted.

Federal prosecutors charged 7 different individuals.

"We will not tolerate efforts by an authoritarian authorities for illustration Iran to undermine nan basal authorities guaranteed to each American," Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said successful a statement. "Three of nan defendants charged successful this horrific crippled are now successful U.S. custody, and we will ne'er extremity moving to identify, find, and bring to justness each those who endanger nan information of nan American people." 

Masih Alinejad identified herself arsenic nan target of nan murder-for-hire plot. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)

Bazghandi is not successful custody. 

Alinejad fled Iran pursuing nan country's disputed 2009 statesmanlike election.

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Alinejad told The New York Times she was "more wished to springiness sound to Iranian people, particularly women, who really look nan aforesaid killers wrong their country."